If you have some 19mm thick board laying around, you want to cut this Bobcat with your laser cutter - it's a fantastic size and made an appearance at Trotec Laser's Sydney VIIE 2013 just last week. The completed 42...
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Rick Draper is the founder of Amtac Professional Services Pty. Ltd. and original programmer behind QR2id.com, based out of Australia but QR id'ing around the world! CNCKing.com is now an official partner with QR2id.com and I'll be using this myself...
Although all the projects on CNCKing.com are made with CNC machines - it doesn't mean that I don't enjoy looking at traditional woodworking. I'm a subscriber to The Wood Whisperer which has lots of great videos not as much for...
This is the final step towards getting my laser cut Sydney Harbour Bridge ready for my ShopBot Desktop. This is the first time I tool path a design that will need to be indexed because my cutting surface is only...
There was an interesting conversation on Linkedin where somebody asked a questions along "is there a book called CNCs for Dummies?" At first I said, "hey, my book is coming out, it will help you tremendously" but then I realized...
Currently all my physical books are printed on-demand, this benefits the environment as it reduces shipping costs and distances, requires no inventory (books are professionally printed and bound when an order comes in) and technically allows me to keep a...
Although I call this the "Business Tip of the Month", I seem to make them every few months... this "month" we'll deal with passion. Maybe you are lucky and have found your passion in life - but if you haven't......
I originally designed this Mayan Pyramid for my upcoming book, CNCKing.com: Rise of the CNC in order to prove a point that three objects could be designed using a simple a shape as a pyramid for reference... although I could...
I was reminded today at how much has changed in the CNC world talking to a potential business partner in China and Japan - yeah... opportunity is really global! When I first started making these books and designs five years...
Continuing on the themes of yesterday's online chat sessions - I generally get the same questions repeatedly and as a result, I generally know right away the kind of customer to segment them into. Here are a list of the...