Many of us purchase a CNC solely for creating woodworking projects and products. But today's benchtop CNC machines are robust, ultracapable platforms capable of machining various materials. This includes several types of metal. However, this provokes many questions and fear. How do I get started? What equipment do I need? Is my workholding strong enough? What speeds and feeds? And, on and on.
Here, we help you overcome your fear and confidently cut metal. Watch this, then machine something out of aluminum, brass or copper.
Also, Winston stops by.

Chapters:
Why Machine Metal 0:36
What Do I Buy 1:22
What Endmills 1:48
What About Coatings 2:18
The Myths Debunked 2:54
What ZAxis Do I Need 3:25
What Software Do I Need 3:40
Do I Need Lubricant 4:11
How to Begin 4:43
What About Workholding 6:49
The Engineering Expert, Winston 7:19

Links:
Making Coins Video:    • Creating Coins with Desktop CNC  
Machine a Putter Video:    • Custom Putter on a Shapeoko CNC Router  
Why Create Pro Video:    • Why Carbide Create Pro 7  Straight Talk  
5 Tools Video:    • 5 Tools to Make with CNC  
How to Machine Cheese Video:    • How To: Machine Cheese  

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