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DIY CNC: Homebrew Computer-Controlled Tools

By Chuck Cage

Computer Controllered Laser Hack-A-Day, a homebrew/DIY/hacker blog, has been home to a couple of make-it-yourself CNC projects including a CNC laser cutter and a (somewhat less useful but demonstrative) CNC Etch-a-Sketch. Now they have a pretty active thread in their forum discussing the how-to of home CNC. It’s worth a look.

DIY CNC Thread [Hack-a-Day Forums]

Update: Another Homebuilt CNC Table [via Hack-A-Day]

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