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The Warp Drive Project Story – Mach3 Motor Tuning Video

by Bill Griggs
in Blog, CNC
Mach3 Motor Tuning Video The Warp Drive Project Story – Faster CNC Router Part 3 I just found an old video I planned to post to Youtube a few years ago when I was developing the Warp Drive Project. For some reason I never published the video then, but I decided to do so now. I was doing motor tuning to find out how fast I could make the Z axis go. Back in the early days this seemed fast. Since then I have increased the speed by a factor of 3. The original Warp Drive project parts were made […]

Warp Drive Project Story.

by Bill Griggs
MY CNC JOURNEY IN THE BEGINNING I have been building CNC Router tables since about 2005. I wanted a CNC Router table to make it easier for me to make model airplane kits and custom parts. Commercial CNC machine were very expensive  (and still are) and were out of my reach. So I decided I would try and build my own after I saw a set of plans on the internet.  My first efforts were made from MDF, Gas pipe and roller skate bearings. I soon realized that my MDF machine was finicky and too small. So I began design […]