Home CNC aficionados are leading the way in a new evolutionary step in micro manufacturing by making CNC turned parts at home that couldn’t have been dreamt of even 5 years ago.
By combining all the best from 3D printers, software and CNC tooling hardware, home CNC enthusiasts are able to produce anything and everything their heart’s desire.
This micro industrial revolution means inventors can make their own 3D models far quicker and produce their own unique CNC turned parts in the comfort of their own home.
Although 3D printers are still out of the prices range of many, their costs are tumbling by the month and a few thousand pounds will soon be all that stands between you and the ‘made-it-myself’ revolution.
CNC Turned Parts: In House
Digital manufacturing is empowering the home engineer to be able to create all the CNC turned parts they will ever need – basically anything and everything they want. Some things made in-(the-)house and other things designed at home and then made elsewhere.
For more complex designs, home users are now using industry CAD software to design their own CNC turned parts and then sending the files through the internet to local or overseas companies to get their items made.
Now product inventors don’t have to convince anyone their product is a good idea or not. They can make them and get them to the market without so much as a ‘by your leave’ from the big manufacturing companies.
Once the product has been made the inventor can set up a website and sell the product directly without having to convince a retailer of the value of their new product. If people like it they will buy it.
Small scale manufacturing is still more expensive than the traditional manufacturing of CNC turned parts, but the technology is getting cheaper by the day. As companies move away from holding onto large amounts of stock and making things to order, the future looks very promising for micro-manufacturing.
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