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May 16, 2020 📚 CNC Progression

Building a 5×10ft Professional CNC Router: Custom Gantry Design

A 5×10ft production-scale CNC router with rack-and-pinion drives and custom-machined aluminum gantry plates

February 28, 2018 📚 RepRap Journey

Building a large-format dual-extruder printer with V-slot aluminum frame and multi-material capabilities

January 12, 2017 📚 CNC Progression

Converting a manual Grizzly mill to precision three-axis CNC using the OX router to bootstrap the machining

May 17, 2014 📚 CNC Progression

A hybrid approach combining V-slot extrusion with 3D printed parts to build a capable benchtop CNC router

September 5, 2011 📚 RepRap Journey

Achieving the RepRap vision: the McWire printed a Mendel, which printed better Mendels, implementing true self-replication

April 1, 2010 📚 RepRap Journey

Printing Mendel parts on the McWire and assembling a self-replicating printer capable of printing its own replacement components

May 1, 2009 📚 RepRap Journey

Converting the McWire 3D printer into a CNC mill with a Dremel toolhead—the beginning of workshop tool progression

April 23, 2009 📚 RepRap Journey

Two years of extruder experimentation: from nichrome wire failures to reliable resistor-based hotends

April 22, 2009 📚 RepRap Journey

Building a 3D printer from threaded rod, lumber, and determination—the first step in the RepRap self-replication journey