If you are using an Automatic Tool Changer (ATC) with an Avid CNC then you have to customize or install a new post processor to make it work properly in Fusion 360. Campion video, in... [read more]

If you are using an Automatic Tool Changer (ATC) with Mach 4 and an Avid CNC, then you need to customize the post processor for the most popular CAM programs to properly generate a tool... [read more]

In one of my last posts, I discussed how I setup the hardware for my ATC on my Avid CNC. This video describes the software side of things. I’ve been working on this software for... [read more]

I needed a tool rack for my HITECO ATC spindle on my Avid CNC machine. I experimented with 3D printing some holders, but I felt like they were too weak. So, I ended up machining... [read more]

Video link: ATC Setup on Avid CNC This is a companion article for the above video where I talk about setting up an Automatic Tool Changer (ATC) on a CNC machine. For the Mach 4... [read more]

When you build a CNC the spindle or router may not be perfectly aligned to the table. You have to tram it, or align it to the axis that it will move along. This is... [read more]

Video link: Ep3: Avid CNC Build Getting Precision and Accuracy Precision and accuracy are really important to a CNC machine. I wanted mine to accurately flatten a piece of wood down the entire length of... [read more]

Direct video link: Avid CNC Steel Table Build One of the biggest complaints of the Avid CNC is that the table isn’t heavy enough. A heavier table will help produce better cuts on a CNC... [read more]

Textual link to the video: Don’t Buy the Wrong CNC – Why I got an Avid CNC This video is almost 20 minutes long and I go into details on why I got an Avid... [read more]

I needed a better way to hold down my workpieces onto my CNC table. I had seen some low profile clamps that the people have done, but they were all designed for a t-nut system,... [read more]

I’ve been doing some variations of the heart box with different woods. This one has a cherry wood base with the same wave design I did in the original wood heart box. I used maple... [read more]

I’ve been working on setting up a new CNC machine, and this is one of the first projects I did on it. It is a variation of the epoxy and wood heart boxes I did... [read more]

So far I have made one pair of the spoon and spatula utensils to sell. These are made from walnut with a madrone wood inlay in the shape of a rose. They are the same... [read more]

I decided to make a custom spoon to match the Wood Spatula I shared in my last post. I’ve only made a few of them with the rose inlay, but I do hope to make... [read more]

I’ve been working on some utensil designs, and the first thing that I made is a wooden spatula. The spatula itself is curvy and round, which is contrary to a lot of spatulas that I’ve... [read more]

In the last few posts I shared some photos of my heart box. The first prototype one was made from cherry wood with Bora Bora blue epoxy and the second pair was made with purple... [read more]

The first heart box, Cherry with Bora Bora Blue, was a prototype that turned out awesome. However, I felt like there were ways to improve things, especially when my wife gave me some invaluable feedback.... [read more]

Lately I’ve been making several heart bowls to post for sale on my website: Corbin’s Workshop. To ship them, I normally would haphazardly wrap up the product in a bunch of old packaging material, put... [read more]

My last heart bowl (madrone with bora bora blue) was also made from madrone wood, and this one turned out awesome! I decided to experiment with some new mica powder pigments, and I thought a... [read more]

I’ve been working on making a few more heart bowls to have some inventory for sale on my website. This is one of the first ones! This bowl is made from madrone wood. But not... [read more]

I made this Short (aka: TikTok or Reel) from my full length Heart Bowl CNC Wooddworking video over on YouTube.

I’ve been reworking some of my earlier YouTube videos into “Shorts/Reels/TikToks”. It’s interesting because I get a lot more views. Check out the original video: https://youtu.be/nOVbJVuCh5k As of today, the original video got 3700 views,... [read more]

In this video I show how I made my new Lotus Bowl. I was inspired by the lotus flower, and wanted to create a shape that would have lots of overlapping features. The first bowl... [read more]

The very last CNC woodworking bowl that I made was this translucent purple butterfly bowl, with madrone wood “drips”. This was before I moved away and packed up my workshop and was made in 2020.... [read more]

What’s up CNC woodworkers! This is a batman themed “Dark Knight” box made on my CNC router. The lid fits perfectly on top of the box and has a secret latching mechanism activated by magnets... [read more]

The is the final episode in my tutorial series on how to create a bowl on a CNC machine. This isn’t just a basic bowl, but has some cool 3D drips milled into the top... [read more]

This is episode two on how to design an epoxy drip bowl in Fusion 360 for the purposes of creating it out in wood on a CNC machine. If you missed it, go back and... [read more]

I decided to do a tutorial series demonstrating a lot of the techniques I use to make a wood drip bowl on my CNC machine. In the above video I discuss all the steps I... [read more]

I made a few of the heart bowls on my CNC machine out of redwood and hard maple. Check out the CNC Heart Bowl video over on YouTube to watch me making them. I had... [read more]

This project idea started out with WiseBond epoxy asking if I wanted to try out some of their new color shifting mica powders. I’m part of their affiliate program, which allows me to get a... [read more]

I thought I’d continue my bowl making and create a batman themed bowl using the dark knight logo. I machined it on my Tormach and used walnut wood, because that is the perfect dark night... [read more]