If you’re interested in making things (and since you’re reading this, we’re going to assume you are), you’ve almost certainly felt a desire to make metal parts. 3D printers are great, but have a lot ...

CNC mills will never match real heavy metal mills on hard materials, but that won’t stop people from pushing the limits of these DIY machines. One of the usual suspects, [Ivan Miranda] is at it again, ...

Modern milling machines look much the same as they did 30 years ago. However, they now must cut superalloys, titanium, and high-tensile steels to closer tolerances and at faster rates than before. To ...

METAL milling machines capable of producing parts for deadly AR-15 assault rifles will be shipped into Australia by a US company from next month. The company behind the 3D-printed plastic guns is ...

MAIJA-FRÄSTECHNIK GmbH milling discs are formed in hard metal, not of HSS, so that cutting edges slowly round off while the amount of material removed slowly decreases. They can be resharpened up to ...

A factory worker drives a forklift carrying a four-ton metal casting across a polished concrete floor. Surrounded by looming robotic equipment, he’s the only human in sight at DMG Mori Seiki’s ...

When he founded MakerBot eight years ago, Pettis made a multi million-dollar bet that at-home 3-D printing would become the future of manufacturing. Today, that prediction still hasn't materialized.

The creator of the world's first 3D plastic handgun has unveiled his latest invention: a pre-programmed metal-milling machine that enables anyone to easily make the core component of a semi-automatic ...

As a military occupational specialty (MOS) 91E (allied trades specialist), I fabricate, repair, and modify both metallic and nonmetallic parts. Nine years ago, I was trained to use manual lathes and ...