Humans had to carry out all their machining processes by hand for centuries. Even precision tools had to be maneuvered very carefully, inch by inch, by people holding the devices personally. That all ...

When Asst. Teaching Prof. Jonathan Perez de Alderete took the Introduction to Mechanical Engineering course at UMass Lowell as an undergraduate student 13 years ago, he learned how to build a windmill ...

You don’t realize it, but you probably own several things that are CNC milled. I’m typing right now on a computer with a metal case made using the technique. But its creative possibilities are still ...

Need to make something quick and dirty out of wooden beams, and want to use elements you know will work together? BeamCNC is a mobile assembly of stepper-controlled rollers and a router that sucks a ...

Backed by a surge in sales in the past year, custom thermoformer Premier Plastics Inc. recently added a new computer numerically controlled (CNC) machining center to its equipment lineup. The Takumi ...

Raise your hand if you know what a CNC Router is? It’s basically a wood-cutting tool (router) mounted to a big Etch-A-Sketch, ...

This introductory course presents the practical basics for learning how to use the latest CNC equipment. By incorporating a proven "key concepts" approach, it examines the techniques needed for ...