Tips for tackling aluminum with CNC routers.

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CanCam has a large variety of CNC Routers for aluminum, bronze and copper. At one point or another, you’re going to push the limits of what your machine is capable of doing.   Listed below, are a number of suggestions that can aid you in your aluminum cutting endeavors.  Good luck! Using the right tools…

Tips for Cutting Plastics

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Plastics are another type of material (similar to aluminum) that is difficult to machine and can turn out terribly is not done correctly. The most difficult thing about plastics is that they come in many different compositions that it is hard to find a consistent formula for plastics in general. Below are a couple tips…

Tips for Cutting Aluminum on a CNC Router

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Most CNC routers are capable of cutting most materials from various woods and plastics to nonferrous metals. Difficulties do arise once you start cutting harder materials, whether it is light engraving or roughing out large amounts of material. Aluminum is definitely a material that falls under this category. Cutting with spindle speeds and feed rates…

Step One: Buying a CNC Router

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A simple guide illustrating how to go about buying a CNC router Everyone has their basic steps when they are considering a major purchase. Whether it be a new car, computer software, or even a CNC router; we all go through the steps. We do our research and read reviews, we comprise all the results…

Simple tips to maintaining your Laser Engraver

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There are some rather important tips to maintaining a laser engraver. It is not like a car where you tend to receive notice via a warning light when something is going wrong. Nor is it like a CNC router where it is considered low maintenance and you should be find letting it go. A laser…

Servo V.s Steppers

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An ongoing question among CNC machine users is whether or not to get a machine using a stepper motor or a servo motor. Well, the thing is they are both capable of being quality products and getting the job done. They both have good repeatability and accuracy. The main differences are that a Servo runs…