This video shows how to transform a standard lathe into a milling machine with a simple attachment. The setup process takes ...

Milling a keyway on a lathe can seem tricky, especially when dealing with a machine that lacks an automatic feed. This video ...

We built our own modest version of the X2 CNC Mini-mill. It’s based on the same X2 Mini-mill with stepper motors, ball screws, and PIC controller based stepper drivers.

Bantam Tools now offers two CNC machines: its flagship Bantam Tools Desktop CNC Milling Machine, which has some exciting new improvements, and now a new smaller, portable and powerful Bantam Tools ...

A new advantage is the ability to interchange machining heads from machine-to-machine, and all driven by the Siemens CNC platform. “On many of the U5 machines, the axes come off with the heads,” Huber ...

On most commercial metal milling machines, the table is the moving part, and are known as knee mills. In the case of [Ivan]’s mill, the table can move 187 mm on the X-axis and 163 mm on the Y-axis.

A number of manufacturing operations have adopted “hybrid manufacturing” capabilities, combining CNC milling and turning with a direct metal-laser sintering or other additive process. The number of ...

Succeeding as a CNC technician means knowing how and when to make the necessary adjustments so the milling machine provides the desired results. For example, leveling a CNC machine’s lathe means ...