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Last Minute! Giving a talk about CNC with the Hack613 crowd.

04.30.2019 by rich // Leave a Comment

I’m giving a talk about how to build your own CNC machine, along with Darcy White and Doug Commons on April 30, 2019.

This is a dry run for the talk I’ll be giving at MakersCentral in the UK next week.

Here’s a link to the details!

UPDATE: The talk was a great success! Here’s some photos from the event.

Heading back to Makers Central in Birmingham!

02.21.2019 by rich // Leave a Comment

Makers Central is happening again at the NEC in Birmingham on May 11 and 12 this year. Here’s some more details in their flyer.

I’m very excited to be heading back to the UK for this event. I’ll be making pucks for kids in booth F6, and I’ll be giving a talk about how to build your own CNC machine as well (time and place to be determined).

Kids watching their pucks being carved in the small CNC puck mill.
(From a recent event in Canada)

It will be nice to catch up with Jimmy Diresta, Laura Kampf, and the rest of the YouTube crowd. They were a really great group to meet last year.

I’ll be there with @silver_hand, an accomplished jeweller, watch maker, and pen maker. Be sure to check out his podcast at: http://offhours.show/

I’m giving a talk at Maker Space North on February 26, 2019

02.18.2019 by rich // 2 Comments

Rich Loen has built many CNC machines including routers, mills, and cutters. He’ll share the knowledge he’s gained both building machines from scratch, and converting metal-working mills to CNC.

Tickets are limited so don’t miss out and snag yours now before they’re all gone!

BUY YOUR TICKETS HERE

More details from the event description: Rich Loen (https://Loen.Design) has built many CNC machines including routers, mills, and cutters. He’ll share the knowledge he’s gained both building CNC machines from scratch, and converting metal-working mills to CNC. Rich will cover:

Hardware options – machine frame, linear bearings, ball-screws, belt drives
Electronics – stepper motors, servos, drivers, power supplies, control interfaces like smooth steppers, G540, Planet CNC hardware.
Spindle options – routers, air/Water cooled spindles, high-speed spindles
Control Software – Mach3, Linux CNC, PlanetCNC, etc.
Design Software – Fusion 360, Vectric V-Carve Pro, Other options
Suppliers of hardware and software

Rich will be joined by Chris Manning (@silver_hand), a local watch maker and silver smith with years of CNC lathe and mill experience. Rich will also bring a small CNC mill he made for carving names into hockey pucks – and if you’re lucky, you can get your name carved into a puck during the event!