Build Your Own CNC Machine (Technology In Action) 1st Edition By James Floyd Kelly, Patrick Hood-Daniel (Download PDF/Epub)

Build Your Own CNC Machine is a groundbreaking book targeted at the growing number of hobbyists wanting to fabricate wood and metal parts of their own design in their home workshops. Lead author Patrick Hood-Daniel is creator of buildyourcnc.com and is well-known for his affordable, easy-to-build designs for home CNC machines. His videos on CNC machines are watched by tens of thousands of hobbyists. Each one of those viewers, and each of his website visitors represents a potential sale of this book. The interest in hobbyist-level CNC machines is real and growing. In addition to the author’s own site, a Google search on "cnc for the home" will turn up many other sites dedicated to this new market, including solsylva.com, homecnc.info, cnczone.com, hobbycnc.com, ktmarketing.com/CNC.html, and more. Articles about CNC for them home can be found on Make Magazine’s website (makezine.com), and at Engadget.com. CNC technology is becoming affordable for the average person, and the many creative people who like to design and build things are taking notice and jumping onto the CNC bandwagon.