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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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      Giarc Latest: Vectric aspire rotary post processor mm Giarc, Mar 20, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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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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      Elias Ramburger Latest: 600 volume 3D-Printer Elias Ramburger, Mar 10, 2025
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    2. CNC Mills/Routers

      CNC Router Builds
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      Banjopete Latest: Modular Enclosure: Dust Extraction and Wire Routing, where? Banjopete, Mar 22, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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    3. Laser Cutters

      Share your builds of laser cutters, water jets or plasma cutters here.
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      Chris4b3n Latest: Distance for 2040 with Excenter Nut Chris4b3n, Mar 23, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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    4. CNC Lathes

      Lathe Style Builds
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      ScottKruer Latest: New rotary build ScottKruer, Feb 23, 2025
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    5. DrawBot

      DrawBot/ArtBot Builds
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      Peter Van Der Walt Latest: Build Custom Acro "Orientation" / "Size" ? Peter Van Der Walt, Feb 11, 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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      Mark Carew Latest: Six_Axis Camera Slider Mark Carew, Mar 13, 2025
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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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      Kees Bongers Latest: Y-axis is missing steps or something Kees Bongers, Mar 24, 2025 at 7:10 AM
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    3. Laser Projects

      Projects Made With Lasers
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      Jaden_05 Latest: Falcon 2 laser Jaden_05, Feb 16, 2025
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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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      Gary Caruso Latest: CAD software choices Gary Caruso, Mar 21, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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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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      David the swarfer Latest: Fusion360 post processor -Add tool David the swarfer, Mar 1, 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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      David the swarfer Latest: Issues probing (3rd party machine and 3rd party controller) David the swarfer, Mar 22, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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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: Connecting with PySerial requires a reset Peter Van Der Walt, Feb 24, 2025
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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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      FABRIES Latest: HY Settings with the BlackBox X32 FABRIES, Mar 21, 2025 at 5:10 AM
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    2. Interfaces

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      Peter Van Der Walt Latest: Interface shutting off mid-job, after years of faithful service Peter Van Der Walt, Mar 17, 2025
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    3. Motors

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      jeffmorris Latest: Bad wires inside motors? jeffmorris, Mar 20, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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    4. General Electronics

      Discuss electronics in general or electronic items not in a specific category.
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      David the swarfer Latest: Dual motor/sensor axis David the swarfer, Mar 8, 2025
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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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      Mark Manning Latest: Excel Sheet For Pricing OpenBuild Projects. WIP Mark Manning, Feb 1, 2025
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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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      David the swarfer Latest: open builds control David the swarfer, Mar 17, 2025
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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: Precision interface Melik, Mar 6, 2025
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    3. OpenBuilds Forum Help

      Need help navigating this website?
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      David the swarfer Latest: Z Axis Problem David the swarfer, Mar 24, 2025 at 3:06 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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