CNC 3D & Services https://cncroi.com Sat, 10 Jan 2026 23:44:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://cncroi.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/cropped-logo-2017-web-32x32.jpg CNC 3D & Services https://cncroi.com 32 32 65343886 Mastering CNC and Digital Fabrication II https://cncroi.com/mastering-cnc-digital-fabrication-ii/ Sat, 10 Jan 2026 23:44:48 +0000 https://cncroi.com/?p=59650 It has been a crazy few months, from getting CWB certified and doing some real custom metal fabrication to starting MasterCAM University so I can get into CNC mills and lathes… programming through production. Around all of this, I’m also launching my second book in the Mastering CNC and Digital Fabrication series I plan to […]

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]]> 59650 Why CNCROi.com Isn’t Just a Laser Shop https://cncroi.com/cncroi-com-isnt-just-laser-shop/ Sun, 22 Jun 2025 22:52:49 +0000 https://cncroi.com/?p=55778 Running CNCROi.com is kind of like running a circus — except instead of juggling flaming swords, I’m juggling CNC laser, CNC router, CNC waterjet, CNC plasma, and 3D printing technologies while trying not to slice, melt, or blast anything unintentionally. Most shops pick a lane: they’re a “laser shop” or a “plasma cutter” or they […]

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]]> 55778 Mastering CNC and Digital Fabrication: My Newest Book! https://cncroi.com/mastering-cnc-digital-fabrication-newest-book/ Wed, 18 Jun 2025 17:39:49 +0000 https://cncroi.com/?p=55727 Over the years, I’ve authored a number of books, mostly focused on CNC design and fabrication. But none of them have come close to the scope and depth of Mastering CNC and Digital Fabrication: The Ultimate Practical Guide to CNC Routing, Laser Cutting, Plasma, Waterjet, 3D Printing, and Welding. This one is different — not […]

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]]> 55727 3D Printed Paddle Boat: Prototyping Design Challenges https://cncroi.com/3d-printed-paddle-boat-prototyping-design-challenges/ Tue, 10 Jun 2025 17:18:44 +0000 https://cncroi.com/?p=55571 CNCROi.com tackled a fresh round of prototyping design challenges with the evolving paddle boat project—now on its fourth version. Jon set out to build a simple elastic-powered paddle boat for his son, but as with all things involving custom fabrication, it quickly escalated into a layered journey of design refinement, problem solving, and hands-on iteration. […]

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]]> 55571 3D Printed Paddle Boat for Kids: Design Fail to Bathtub Success! https://cncroi.com/3d-printed-paddle-boat-kids-design-fail-bathtub-success/ Thu, 15 May 2025 16:21:06 +0000 https://cncroi.com/?p=55176 CNCROi.com recently revisited a playful and practical project: designing and 3D printing a functional 3D paddle boat for kids’ bathtub fun using PLA and our FDM Ender 3 Pro printer. While the idea might sound simple at first, the journey from a Thingiverse download to a fully custom, robust, and bath-tested 3D printed paddle boat […]

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]]> 55176 12 Years of 3D Printing Progress: Creality Ender 3 Pro vs 3D Systems Cube https://cncroi.com/12-years-3d-printing-progress-creality-ender-3-pro-vs-3d-systems-cube/ Fri, 09 May 2025 14:53:32 +0000 https://cncroi.com/?p=55046 CNCROi.com recently revisited a project that marked the company’s early experimentation with 3D printing: a medieval castle wall segment, first brought to life over 12 years ago using a now-vintage 3D Systems Cube (video below). Fast forward to today, and the same model—reprinted at a larger scale using the Creality Ender 3 Pro—illustrates just how […]

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]]> 55046 Custom Business Awards: CNC Synergy! https://cncroi.com/custom-business-awards-cnc-synergy/ Wed, 27 Dec 2023 15:56:58 +0000 https://cncroi.com/?p=45190 Custom business awards that use many different processes and technologies are quite hard to find, luckily, CNCROi.com has the capability to fabricate truly unique and stunning awards that are worth winning. If you want to get an idea of how the award came into being and the though process behind it, check out the video […]

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]]> 45190 Custom Business & Institutional Options https://cncroi.com/custom-business-institutional-options/ Wed, 10 May 2023 03:21:23 +0000 https://cncroi.com/?p=42413 CNCROi.com has years of experience across a variety of materials and applications, so this will be just a short summary of videos to give you an idea of what we can do for your business or government / institution when it comes to custom fabrication. Custom Business & Institutional Options: Custom Rubber Stamps Whether you […]

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]]> 42413 Custom Cottage & Home Options https://cncroi.com/custom-cottage-home-options/ Mon, 20 Mar 2023 13:16:25 +0000 https://cncroi.com/?p=41872 If you have a cottage or a home and want something custom but not quite sure what can be “custom”, I hope this gives you an idea of what CNCROi.com can produce for you. As with everything at CNCROi.com, these are just ideas, meaning if you want a different material, wood species or any other […]

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]]> 41872 Custom Shoe Holder: Plywood + Glue Gun https://cncroi.com/custom-shoe-holder-plywood-glue-gun/ Wed, 17 Jul 2019 02:36:13 +0000 https://cncroi.com/?p=30298 Custom shoe holder made out of plywood held together only by glue from a glue gun possible? Yep! My house has a very small entrance way with an odd little cove that isn’t good for much of anything but now it will hold shoes vertically which is a better use of real estate than horizontally […]

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]]> 30298 Custom Plywood Tea Bag Holder https://cncroi.com/custom-plywood-tea-bag-holder/ Thu, 27 Jun 2019 16:53:12 +0000 https://cncroi.com/?p=30189 I like drinking tea, office or home, I got a whole stash of it and as such, it was time to make my own custom plywood tea bag holder. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLNaITMxayw/ Making a simple functional box is pretty straight forward, it’s the purpose assigned to said box that differentiates it from other boxes I’ve made in […]

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]]> 30189 Targeted Material Focus: Wood https://cncroi.com/targeted-material-focus-wood/ Thu, 13 Jun 2019 03:19:19 +0000 https://cncroi.com/?p=30131 CNCROi.com works across a lot of materials, wood, plastics, metals, leathers and stuff even I don’t quite know what it is. You might think it’s easy jumping from one material to another but it actually entails unique challenges from getting the RIGHT suppliers, having the RIGHT equipment and developing the RIGHT processes to do work […]

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]]> 30131 Custom Fabrication Across Wood, Metal & Plastic https://cncroi.com/custom-fabrication-across-wood-metal-plastic/ Fri, 02 Nov 2018 15:39:03 +0000 https://cncroi.com/?p=27666 When I first began CNCROi.com I couldn’t have imagined that I’d be running a custom fabrication shop across so many materials and processes. It began with a Trotec Speedy 400 flexx with both a CO2 and fiber laser source, from there, through the years, we’ve expanded dramatically in space, equipment and client base. Although our […]

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]]> 27666 Having Fun with 3D Animations https://cncroi.com/fun-3d-animations/ Mon, 09 Jul 2018 14:17:12 +0000 http://cncroi.com/?p=26535 I’ve been working quite a bit since relaunching CNCKing.com (the precursor of CNCROi.com) that was, unlike this business, entirely focused on virtual digital file sales for more than a decade along with published books to boot! It’s not that my previous animations were bad, they still very much hold-up 8 years later, but the branding […]

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]]> 26535 Making Custom Stuff is FUN! https://cncroi.com/making-custom-stuff-fun/ Tue, 11 Jul 2017 00:39:16 +0000 http://cncroi.com/?p=22580 What’s fun about making custom stuff is the constant challenge it presents, especially when dealing with designs or materials that are applied towards novel applications. A great example of this kind of challenge is developing and producing flat packed 2D models that form 3D models such as the Medieval Castle above. There is quite a […]

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]]> 22580 When it rains, it pours… https://cncroi.com/when-it-rains-it-pours/ Tue, 06 Jun 2017 17:28:31 +0000 http://cncroi.com/?p=22316 Since starting CNCROi.com, we’ve steadily grown in both customer count and size of projects we handle but one thing has remained consistent, companies tend to make production decisions at the same time! When it rains, it pours… Depending on the size of the project we do for people and companies, there is a generally lead […]

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]]> 22316 11+ Custom Corporate Branding Solutions https://cncroi.com/11-custom-corporate-branding-solutions/ Sat, 04 Feb 2017 10:00:00 +0000 http://cncroi.com/?p=21096 Let’s run through 11+ custom corporate branding solutions as, through all my years teaching myself what I’m doing now, I have yet to come across a company that CNCROi.com can’t help to get them noticed! Although these ideas for custom corporate branding solutions are more centered to an office environment, they can just as easily […]

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]]> 21096 The Power of 3D Visualization for Custom Designs https://cncroi.com/power-3d-visualization-custom-designs/ Sun, 15 Jan 2017 10:00:00 +0000 http://cncroi.com/?p=20459 The power of 3D visualization, from design through to animation, is what differentiates our entire approach towards producing custom projects for our customers at CNCROi.com. 3D Visualization: Evolution towards HD CNCROi.com, through various business entities over the past two decades, has been in the 3D modeling and animation service industry for almost two decades. It’s […]

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]]> 20459 Custom Rear Wooden Bike Basket: Design (Part 1 of 2) https://cncroi.com/rear-bike-basket-design-part-1-2/ Fri, 29 Apr 2016 12:43:26 +0000 http://cncroi.com/?p=15162 I bought a new bike to travel to and from the shop when the weather permits and that also means that I needed a way of transporting small shipments to the post office to be mailed around the world. As such, my bike requires a custom rear wooden basket! Sure, I could buy a rear […]

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]]> 15162 Over 3 Million Views Across 800 Videos! https://cncroi.com/3-million-views-across-800-videos/ Sun, 20 Mar 2016 14:47:49 +0000 http://cncroi.com/?p=14965 I first joined YouTube.com January 2nd, 2008 when the online world was a VERY different place. https://www.youtube.com/user/i3ds It was costing a lot of money streaming videos and back then, you had Revver which was one of the first sites to offer revenue sharing – so, not only was I getting free streaming bandwidth but paid […]

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]]> 14965 Custom Furniture: CNC Laser Station, Design through Build https://cncroi.com/custom-furniture-cnc-laser-station-design-through-build/ Sat, 16 Jan 2016 17:04:49 +0000 http://cncroi.com/?p=14326 As I alluded to in the previous post (Custom Furniture: CNC Laser Station), CNCROi.com has made lots of custom “everything and anything” and that list includes custom furniture as we’ll review more about today. The link in the top paragraph shows you the design process so in this post, the focus will be on the […]

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]]> 14326 CNCROi.com Custom Sample Holder: Part 1 of 2 ~ Design https://cncroi.com/cncroi-com-custom-sample-holder-part-1-design/ Sat, 03 Oct 2015 12:48:11 +0000 http://cncroi.com/?p=13452 Sending custom sample packs across a variety of industries we serve is a slight challenge at the moment, we have boxes with different types of things all over the shop. CNCROi.com is very much a lean and clean shop, we just have to move things on a regular basis to make room for projects and […]

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]]> 13452 Autodesk 3DS Max: Our Design Software of Choice https://cncroi.com/autodesk-3ds-max-our-design-software-of-choice/ Fri, 24 Apr 2015 02:58:23 +0000 http://cncroi.com/?p=10879 What does CNCROi.com use to design our projects with and animate visuals for our clients? Autodesk 3DS Max 2016! Our beginnings were in creating industrial 3D animations (solutions) for manufacturers almost 20 years ago. Back then, industrial workstations cost as much as a car and were as slow as a mopped. We also use other […]

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