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24 alternatives to I built a CNC-machine from scratch, using 40x 3D-printed parts
How to build your own CNC machine from scratch . Contribute to maxvfischer/DIY-CNC-machine development by creating an account on GitHub.
This project documents the creation of a functional CNC machine constructed primarily from 3D-printed components, with 40 custom-designed parts. Built from scratch and shared on GitHub, it is intended for makers and… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. I built a CNC-machine from scratch, using 40x 3D-printed parts launched in 2021; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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How to build your own CNC machine from scratch . Contribute to maxvfischer/DIY-CNC-machine development by creating an account on GitHub.
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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How to build your own CNC machine from scratch . Contribute to maxvfischer/DIY-CNC-machine development by creating an account on GitHub.
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hello! I'm Byran. I spent the past ~6 months engineering a laptop from scratch. It's fully open-source on GH at: https://github.com/Hello9999901/laptop
2025 · byran.ee · its alternatives →
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How to build your own full-size arcade machine from scratch - maxvfischer/DIY-arcade
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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I built this over the last 1.5 years from scratch. I think the build is interesting and novel and haven't seen any others that are similar.
2023 · old.reddit.com · its alternatives →
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Here's a "behind-the-scenes" look at my development of a cool sensor during my PhD (electrical engineering). This sensor is only about 1/3 of my total research for my degree and took about a year. I've been on HN for a while now and I've seen my fair share of posts about the woes of pursuing a PhD. Now that I'm done with mine I wanna share some anecdotal evidence that doing a PhD can actually be enjoyable (not necessarily easy) and also be doable in 3 years. When I started I knew I didn't want to work on something that would never leave the lab or languish in a dissertation PDF no one…
2024 · paulbupejr.com · its alternatives →
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3D Printed Cycloidal Gearbox . Contribute to tom-ilan/cycloidal_gearbox development by creating an account on GitHub.
Aug 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Streamline the way you source custom manufactured parts
2021 · iq.prototek.com · its alternatives →
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This post shows and explains the design of the eBike I built myself. I decided to post it on this specific forum because this is where it all started, by stumbling on another post, as mentioned in my entry.
2022 · endless-sphere.com · its alternatives →
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How to Make a CHIP Robot. In this tutorial we walk you through how to build and make a C.H.I.P. robot with the $9 Computer.
2016 · dexterindustries.com · its alternatives →
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Hey HN, I am Cam, and for the past two years I have been working on Compass, an open-source handheld CNC router that brings computer precision to woodworking while keeping the user directly involved in the process. The idea started as my senior design project at UC Berkeley, with the goal of making a more approachable CNC machine—standard CNC machines are expensive, bulky, and remove you from the tactile “maker” experience. Compass solves that by combining a handheld router with real-time robotic assistance. You move the router roughly along a design path, and Compass uses four optical flow…
2025 · compassrouter.com · its alternatives →
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3D printing is such a fascinating field of technology, so a couple months ago, I decided to take a deep dive and learn how they actually work! This took me to one of my very first PCB projects, a small, cheap, 3D printer motherboard. While it's not the most cutting edge board, I learned a lot and I fully documented my process designing it (https://github.com/KaiPereira/Cheetah-MX4-Mini/blob/master/J...), so other people can learn from my mistakes! It runs off of an STM32H743 MCU, has 4 TMC stepsticks with UART/SPI configurations,…
Dec 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Modo▲148I’ve built hardware projects for years, and the gap between “I want X” and “parts ordered, files ready to print” always took weeks. Modo compresses that. Describe what you want (e.g. “a portable CO2 monitor with a display and buzzer”) and it generates: - A bill of materials with real components (MPNs, not hallucinated parts) - A printable enclosure generated from actual part dimensions - Wiring diagrams, firmware boilerplate, and assembly instructions - Design validation (power budget, pin conflicts, mechanical fit) Everything streams in real time as each phase completes. The key idea is…
Jan 2026 · modo.is · its alternatives →
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Go big, and 3D print massive parts for you next project
2018 · its alternatives →
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Hey HN, I want to share a personal project: I made a tiny pen-plotted book for my wife. I did everything myself—drawings (with some help from Midjourney), plotting, cutting, and binding. I even used a 3D printer to make a helper tool. It's absolutely over-engineered, but I enjoyed it a lot. Multi-disciplinary projects, especially those with a physical output, are a lot of fun for me. The post covers the process in detail, but if you're interested in anything specific, let me know. Cheers!
2025 · muffinman.io · its alternatives →
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Make Better Hardware
2016 · fictiv.com · its alternatives →
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The jankest autonomous drone ever built and programmed from scratch - alexozer/jankdrone
2019 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hey! I’m JC. I’m 17 and part of Hack Club, a nonprofit where we help teenagers ship programming projects with their friends while growing technically. A while ago, I asked myself the question, “How exactly do programming languages work behind the scenes?” It seemed really daunting until I went to a half hour workshop at a high school hackathon about writing a tree-walk interpreter and realized that getting started was actually super fun. This guide is designed in the vein of that - to get people, especially teenagers, started on learning how to build a programming language in a literal…
2024 · easel.hackclub.com · its alternatives →
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3dlooky▲162Build interactive 3D product configurators in your browser. Create image and 3D assets with AI, connect Canvas workflows, and publish embeddable experiences.
2024 · 3dbae.com · its alternatives →
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Mix & Match▲1213D scene constructor with vector elements for cool designs
2022 · mixmatch.craftwork.design · its alternatives →
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2021 · tool.graphics · its alternatives →
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