• MHub Chicago Event! Click here to read more about our Manufacturing Entrepreneurship Summit in conjunction with MHub Chicago! Enjoy a day of workshops and tours, with guest speakers including John Grimsmo, Jay Pierson,  Tim Paul, Bill Fienup, John Saunders and more!
• Getting ready for IMTS 2018? We are too! Be sure to read our Trade Show Advice page before you head out!
• SMW Shop Tours are available on September 28th, the day before the Mid-East Ohio Model Engineering Expo. Read more on our Events Page.
• New 5th Axis Content! Check out our new page on 5th axis machining, with plenty of the tips & tricks we learned along the way as well as both CAD and CAM file downloads!
• We bought a Big Ass Fan to cool the shop! Check out our review video here.

Pro Content:

• Jump in on the upcoming Live Chat for September here.
• September 2018 Shop Update Video
• Check out our video where we explain and break down Warren Buffet’s 10 Rules for Success, and learn how they can apply to your business.
• Check out our new full width slotting CAM template on our Libraries & CAM Templates page!

• Tips on 3D Machining & Surfacing with Fusion 360
• Matsuura Open House Video!
• An interview with Katsu Matsuura – the President & CEO of Matsuura!
• Machining a Huge “A” on our HAAS for the Autodesk CAM Challenge!
• Shop Tour: Nicholas Hacko Watchmaker in Sydney Australia

Pro Content

• New Live Chat page – this page will always have the latest date and link (and embedded live video) making it convenient to check out the date/info for the next live chat!
• Shop Update Video!
• Fusion360 CAD Tutorial: How to Model a Raspberry Pi Enclosure
• How to Handle Stress as an Entrepreneur
• Tormach Versus HAAS
• Tools to Help Start your Business

Hi Folks!  Here’s what we have been up to this past month:

1. Alex, our newest intern, has been helping bring the majority of the NYCCNC YouTube videos over to NYCCNC.  This improves the searchability of NYCCNC content and allows you to use the NYCCNC.com Library search and tag / filter system!  If you come across older content that has any mistakes, needs support material (e.g. CAD / CAM files), etc – let us know!
2. John updated the Steel Tormach Tool Library.  Changes include revised Speeds & Feeds for all tools, addition of smaller solid carbide end mills, better Tool Reference Info (vendor, URL, etc) and, finally, adding some new tools like the Dijet High Feed Mill that you’ll see an an upcoming Wednesday Widget.
3. We added this news sections!  It’s a work in progress; we need a better way to communicate with YOU – letting you know about updates, changes to articles, etc.  We’re also brainstorming on ways to create versioning or documenting changes to the Fusion 360 Tool Libraries and CAM templates for the NYCCNC Pro Members.
4. Sneak Peek:  Ed, Alex, Jared and John are about to start a new Speeds & Feeds Video Library showing video examples of specific tools, materials, holders and more.  These will tie into the NYC CNC Tool Libraries and serve as a great reference for what a cut should sound like and what the chips should look like.

Some Recent articles & additions to the site:

Hi Folks!  We spent most of last year (2017) building out the NYCCNC site infrastructure.  We wanted a website that offered a reliable, well organized, and searchable database for all-things CNC, manufacturing, machining and entrepreneurship.  Building out websites like this is quite challenging, especially as the scope changes.  Predicting the feeling, layout and organization is difficult!  For those who were on NYCCNC.com back in the fall of 2017 when it first launched, you’ve no doubt seen significant changes compared to the site today!

In 2018, we’re focusing on:

1. Final Site structure improvements.  Things like this news section so it’s easier to see what’s new and updated on the site!  Things like improvements to the Forum, clarifying what Pro membership includes and finalizing the back-end templates for how each page looks
2. Content!  From speeds & feeds to instructional videos to pulling in some of the most popular past NYCCNC YouTube videos, we want this site to be a reliable, fast, informative way for YOU to learn and leverage for Fusion 360 tutorials, CNC Machining, Speeds & Feeds and Business & Manufacturing Entrepreneurship.  We have a number of videos either part-way done or soon to be filmed on things like accounting, how to get started, material-specific Feeds & Speeds, metrology basics and more!

Some Recent articles & additions to the site: