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  1. Official Forums

    1. OpenBuilds Part STORE

      Find the Coolest, Newest and most Affordable Parts for Your Projects at the OpenBuilds Part Store!

    2. Announcements

      Get the latest news and announcements about OpenBuilds, including new releases and development updates.
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      muhammad ziad Latest: OpenBuilds just opened a brand new location! muhammad ziad, Jul 31, 2024
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    3. General Talk

      Chat it up with other builders about whats new and interesting
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      Stefano G. Latest: Spindle Stefano G., Jan 21, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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    4. Frequently Asked Questions

      Answers to various Part Store and OpenBuilds Forum related questions you may have.

  2. Open Builds

    This is where all the shared builds discussions are located.

    1. 3D printers

      3D Printer Builds
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      Peter Van Der Walt Latest: The Plastic Beast CoreXY Printer Peter Van Der Walt, Jan 13, 2025
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    2. CNC Mills/Routers

      CNC Router Builds
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      Peter Van Der Walt Latest: Y Axis Issues Peter Van Der Walt, Jan 20, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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    3. Laser Cutters

      Share your builds of laser cutters, water jets or plasma cutters here.
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      mlowka Latest: Setting Laser Pointer Offset mlowka, Jan 18, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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    4. CNC Lathes

      Lathe Style Builds
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      David the swarfer Latest: Rotary Direction David the swarfer, Jan 16, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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    5. DrawBot

      DrawBot/ArtBot Builds
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      rcgleason Latest: Build Custom Acro "Orientation" / "Size" ? rcgleason, Jan 7, 2025
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    6. Vacuum Forming Machines

      Vacuum Forming Machine Builds
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      Bubba Mouisa Latest: Vacuum Forming Machine Bubba Mouisa, Mar 31, 2022
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    7. 3D Scanners

      3D Scanner Builds
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      Mark Carew Latest: Photogrammetry 3d Scanner Mark Carew, Jan 24, 2023
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    8. Other Builds

      Other Builds
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      CIMECH Latest: BlackBox X32 CIMECH, Jan 21, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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  3. Projects

    What Have You Been Making With Your Machines?

    1. 3D Printing Projects

      Projects made with 3D Printers
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      factory Latest: 24V Charger Cover factory, Aug 27, 2024
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    2. CNC Projects

      Projects made with CNC Machine
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      dmon123 Latest: C-Beam RIDE Boot dmon123, Jan 14, 2025
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    3. Laser Projects

      Projects Made With Lasers
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      Nairi Latest: Lav txa Nairi, Feb 25, 2022
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    4. Other Projects

      Projects You are Making With Other Types of Machines
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      Mwmx54 Latest: New plasma table build with thc and floating head Mwmx54, Mar 2, 2024
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  4. Software

    Discuss Software for designing parts as well as software for machine control here

    1. CAD

      Discuss CAD (Computer Assisted Design) Software Here Example: Sketchup - Rhino - Solid Works - AutoCAD etc...
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      David the swarfer Latest: Fusion 360 4th axis issues David the swarfer, Dec 29, 2024
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    2. CAM

      Discuss CAM (Computer Assisted Manufacturing) [Software Here Control Software] Example: Mach - Pronterface - Repetier - Creator - MakerCAM - CNCUSB - Grbl Controller etc...
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      Peter Van Der Walt Latest: Spindle Speed setting in OpenBuilds Cam Peter Van Der Walt, Jan 11, 2025
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    3. Control Software

      Discuss the different available control options out there for the machines you build.
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      Alain JBT Latest: Removing Auto Start Alain JBT, Jan 20, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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    4. Other Software

      Discuss any other helpful software that does not fit in the categories above
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      Peter Van Der Walt Latest: Estlcam with OpenBuilds blackbox Peter Van Der Walt, Dec 25, 2024
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  5. Electronics

    Discuss machine control electronics that drive your machines here

    1. Controller Boards

      Discuss cnc controller boards Ramps/Ardunio - Grbl Controller - smoothie - Gen 7 - Sanguinololu - Megatronics - Easy_electronics etc..
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      David the swarfer Latest: blackbox x 32 alarm 8 David the swarfer, Jan 21, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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    2. Interfaces

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      John Ford Latest: Interface Disconnecting John Ford, Jan 20, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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    3. Motors

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      Peter Van Der Walt Latest: Nema 23 Stepper Motor randomly turns off Peter Van Der Walt, Dec 26, 2024
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    4. General Electronics

      Discuss electronics in general or electronic items not in a specific category.
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      kms00099 Latest: Additional Micro Limit Switches kms00099, Jan 16, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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  6. Tips and Guides

    Please share helpful advice and tutorials/guides here.

    1. Tutorials

      Share your helpful tutorials/ how to tips here. Example tutorials may be how to solder or may be how to make a screwdriver tip magnetic etc...
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      Peter Van Der Walt Latest: Can I replace the X-Axis of my Neje Max4? Peter Van Der Walt, Jan 7, 2025
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    2. Helpful Tools

      Add helpful tools here like pulley ratio calculators,center distance designers,etc.
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      EvanH Latest: Feed, speed, deflection and machine power spread sheet EvanH, Aug 24, 2024
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  7. Report Bugs and Forum Help

    1. OpenBuilds Bug Report

      If you find an error or something that looks out of place in OpenBuilds, please let us know here. We will look into your report as soon as possible. Please do not report bugs in builds here. Builds have their own forums for discussion.
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      Peter Van Der Walt Latest: INTERFACE CNC Touch: WiFi timeout locks up Peter Van Der Walt, Jan 20, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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    2. Suggestions

      Do you have suggestions for the OpenBuilds website or forum? Please let us know
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      Melik Latest: Touch Interface Feature Request Melik, Jan 10, 2025
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    3. OpenBuilds Forum Help

      Need help navigating this website?
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      David the swarfer Latest: I've created rough and detail gcode, but cant see the rough David the swarfer, Jan 17, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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Projects

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Christmas Bauble of Din from the Mandolorain TV show
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Bar puzzle fo my Mantle
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Spurtle for stirring food. Potential White Elephant gift.
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Tiger lasered image
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Dinosaur head engraved plaque.
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My youngest was scared to walk to the bathroom in the middle of the night, so I made this cool Crocodile (alligator?) light for the hallway. I...
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Super simple project for the season. Had a go at adding lights.
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Anniversary wall plaques made out of 2x12's
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