New members should introduce themselves, tell us something about yourself, your CNC-related interests and your experience.

General Discussion for anything not related to or covered by our other forums.

Show us your workshop, tools and equipment, points are deducted for tidy workshops!

Discuss tooling relative to cnc machining and anything else related.

General discussion for lead screws, rack and pinion, synchronous drive components, belt and pulley drive mechanisms.

General discussion forum for anything related to machines and their usage.

General discussion for the various moving gantry or router style cnc machines.

General discussion for milling machines, building & converting your own.

General discussion for lathes, lathe usage, rebuilding, operation and conversions.

General discussion for machines that use laser technology to cut and engrave materials.

Discuss the building of diy cnc plasma tables, commercial machines and more here.

Here discussion is about 3d printers, 3d printing machines, machine usage and building your own.

Discussion for open source machine designs, parts, plans and related topics, opposing points of view are to be expected..
Discussion is disabled for sub-forums.

General discussion for topics related to working with metal.

Discussion for cutting fluids, coolant, lubricants and systems designed for swarf removal.

Discussion for all types of brazing or welding, Arc (MMA, SMAW), Mig (MAG, GMAW), Tig (TIG, GTAW, WIG), welding techniques and welding equipment.

Discussion on techniques used to get the best possible final finish on different types of metals.

Here you can find discussions related to metalworking projects, show others and share pictures of your metalwork.

General discussion for topics related to working with wood.

Discussion for topics related to dust collection systems, cyclones, bag extractor units, piping, ect.

Discussion on your tips and tricks used to get the best possible final finish, including veneers, paints, oils, stains and top coats, ect.

Discussions related to sharing with others pictures of your woodworking skills and projects.

General discussion for anything related to buying, selling or swapping.

Here you can find ads from other members looking to trade.
You are free to post your eBay items in here or items that you feel are of interest to the community.

If you are a manufacturer and/or company with news or a new product announcement, you may post about in here.
This is our commercial forum, submission to any other is strictly prohibited.

Do you need a part making, are you looking to start a project, please make your request for a quote in here.

Here employers and agencies can share what vacancys they have, if your looking for work submit your CV's and availability in here.

Post a review of your experiences working with other members, retailers and agencies.
These are closed reviews, discussion is disabled.

Discussion related to computing and general networking.

Discussion for operating systems, applications, anti-virus, firewalls and other software.

Here discussion is related to computer aided design and manufacturing software.

Discussion for software related to machine control.

General discussion for hardware related topics.

Discussion for digital imaging, 3d scanning and probing devices.

Discussion for programming, engineering and related software. All programming languages are welcome, GCODE etc.

General electronics discussion and anything else related to electronics.

Discuss and show the building of your diy electronic projects, inventions and/or gadgets here.

Discussion for machine controllers, control systems and their operation.

Discussion for machine spindles, routers, water or air cooled spindles and related drive motors.

Discuss everything related to motor drivers and controllers here.

Discuss Servo Motors or Stepper Motors and other related topics here.