Category: CNC

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Slowly but surely I have been milling butterfly capacitor plates on my Mostly Printed CNC. Read more

Painters tape hold down works with thin aluminum. Here’s how.

Hold down fixtures are easy with a 3D printer.

Back to my loop antenna project. Nearly there with milling capacitor plates.

My first attempt to cut thin aluminum almost worked. But not quite.

Here is my first attempt to hold thin aluminum in place so I could mill plates for my butterfly capacitor.

Estlcam is the software I chose to prepare for milling my butterfly capacitor.

My objective is to build a butterfly capacitor for a magnetic loop antenna.

Work holding clamps are essential with a DIY CNC machine.