CNC programming is expertise in the machine shop - and as AI technologies continue to mature, generative and agentic artificial intelligence are becoming foundational to ...

If you’ve been reading Hackaday for awhile, there’s an excellent chance you’ve seen a project or two powered by the Smoothieboard. The open source controller took Kickstarter by storm in 2013, ...

The digital fabrication industry continues to grow, and there's no better time to be a maker. Much has been written about 3D printing, but many DIYers have found more practical uses for CNC routers ...

North Carolina-based ShopBot Tools has launched a Kickstarter campaign to bring its Handibot prototype to market. Handibot is a CNC machine which, being computer-controlled, can be used to cut ...

Most CNC workflows start with a 3D model, which is then passed to CAM software to be converted into the G-code language that CNC machines love and understand. G-code, however, is simple enough that ...

ShopBot introduces the ShopBot Carolina and ShopBot Carolina ATC, a new series of full-size CNC machines designed ...

Once upon a time, the one machine no woodworking shop could be without was the table saw. There still are a lot of table saws in a lot of shops, but it’s also true that many of them are just gathering ...