Tuesday, December 4, 2007

CNC Mini Machines

Different types of machining
There are many different types of machining and machining processes that are generally defined by what the machine does. Many come in a minature size for specific miniaturized machining.



Here are a few examples:
Drilling – Drill presses, mills, hand drills, etc.

Tooling – Drill bit



Routing – Wood router, table router, edge router, etc

Tooling – Router bits



Milling – Mill, Bridgeport, 4- axis mill, 5-axis mill, vertical mill, horizontal mill, etc.

Tooling – End mills, ball mills, ballnose mills, fly cutters, etc



Plasma cutting – Plasma cutter

Tooling – Plasma torch



Cutting – Chop saw, hand saw, band saw, cold saw

Tooling – Circular blades, band type blades



Grinding – Surface grinder, grinder, Timesaver, belt grinder

Tooling – Grinding belts, grinding wheels



Turning – Metal lathe, wood lathe, mini lathe, bench top lathe, etc.

Tooling – Turning tools, parting tools, boring tools, drill bits



You can go on forever with different types of machining and machines. There are many different types of unique machines. Anywhere you can save time or money by using a machine, people have found out how to do it. Even if that means they need to rig it up themselves.











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