How milling machines can be used to create simple PCBs. Challenges of using low-cost solutions. Higher-end alternatives. One challenge with focusing on the latest high-tech solutions is that with so ...

Trying to make a hemispherical surface out of a PCB is no easy feat. Trying to do that and make the result a working circuit is even harder. Doing it with one solid piece of FR4 seems impossible, ...

The people behind the PocketNC heard you like CNC PCB mills, so they milled you a PCB mill out of PCB. They announced their surprising new open source hardware product, a pocket sized 3-axis CNC ...

The Arduino PCB Ink Plotter CNC Machine is a DIY project that features a arduino running GRBL CNC firmware. In this project, it uses a marker that is suitable for plotting or marking the PCB for board ...

The Z1’s user experience optimization tools offer a comprehensive upgrade for the interaction and UI design on both desktop ...

We feature a lot of how-to and diy projects here at Popular Mechanics, but many of them require an expensive piece of equipment: a CNC router. These computer-controlled cutting machines can create ...

Have you ever thought to yourself, "my CNC mill is pretty cool, but I really want to make it more awesomer"? Well, first, "awesomer" totally isn't word, and second, have we got a hack for you! A ...

Anyone who knows me well will tell you that I am a true ‘do-it-yourselfer’. My father instilled in me at a young age that ‘you can do anything you set your mind to’ attitude. So when I heard that it ...