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Here are 15 Best CNC Forums you should follow in 2023
1. Reddit » CNC
San Francisco, California, US
This subreddit is for anything CNC related: CAD, CAM, automation, and more!
reddit.com/r/CNC
1.7M 1.2M 8 posts / day Oct 2009 View Recent Threads
2. CNCzone Forum
Germany
CNCzone.com is the world's largest machinist, CNC, wood router, metalworking, woodworking, cad, lathe machine, and manufacturing forum.
cnczone.com/forums..
23.2K 2.3K 1 post / day View Recent Threads
3. MYCNCUK
UK
The UK CNC machinist community forum, home to all exploring CNC machinists. From DIY CNC router enthusiasts to engineering professionals.
mycncuk.com
94 627 4 posts / week View Recent Threads
4. Router Forums » CNC Routing
Routerforums.com was started by a group of enthusiasts that shared a common passion for Routers and Woodworking. This section is dedicated to discussi...ng CNC routing devices.more
routerforums.com/f..
4 posts / week View Recent Threads
5. Onefinity CNC Forum
Read discussions on Onefinity CNC machines and products. Also, talk about accessories like touch probes, joystick, webcam, breakout board, wire extens...ion, and more.more
forum.onefinitycnc..
7 posts / day View Recent Threads
6. NYC CNC Forums
Zanesville, Ohio, US
NYC CNC Forums is a place to ask CNC and Machining questions. Also, talk business, fusion 360, and more.
nyccnc.com/forums
2.8K 7 posts / day View Recent Threads
7. Practical Machinist » CNC Machining
This section of Practical Machinist is a place to discuss CNC machines, programming, troubleshooting, retrofits.
practicalmachinist..
127.3K 2.8K 30 posts / year Mar 2002 View Recent Threads
8. CNC Professional Forum
CNC Professional Forum is a place where machinsts, programmers, engineers and other CNC professionals ask, help and share information.
cnc-professional-f..
3 posts / month View Recent Threads
Additional Forumsⓘ
- Youth4Work » CNC Programming is an online discussion forum where youth or even the experienced professionals discuss their queries related to and get answers for their questions from other talented individuals.
- Centroid CNC Forum is a place for all things related to the Centroid Acorn CNC Controller.
- CNC 4 PC Forum is a place to get news, updates, and ask questions on CNC.
- The Patriot Woodworkers » CNC is a place to show off your projects, ask questions and share tips about machine operation, material choices, bits, cleanup and finishing.
CNC Subforums
| Forum Name | Subforum Name | Subforum Description | Also in |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNC Zone | Trade Shows / Webinars / Other Events | Trade Shows / Webinars / Other Events - Post your Trade shows and events here! | |
| Ebay Ads here | Ebay Ads here - Post your Ebay ads here | ||
| Polls | Polls - All polls should be posted here only not in the forums. Please post relevant polls only. | ||
| Environmental / Alternate Energy | Environmental / Alternate Energy - Discuss Global Warming alternative energy etc here. | ||
| Videos | Videos - Post here your links to videos about useful tips and techniques or innovations regarding CNC. | ||
| Want To Buy...Need help! | Want To Buy...Need help! - Post items that you are looking for so people can help you to find where to buy them. | ||
| Newly Posted Classifieds Listings | Newly Posted Classifieds Listings - Here is the place for classified listings. | ||
| Mentors & Apprentice Locator | Mentors & Apprentice Locator - Looking for mentors and/or for apprentices in your own locality please post your info. Do not post any personal info add | ||
| Manufacture Company Listing | Manufacture Company Listing | ||
| Employment Opportunity | Employment Opportunity - Looking for a job in the machining field, need an employee in the CNC field post it here! | ||
| RFQ (Request for Quote) | RFQ (Request for Quote) - Post your RFQ (Request for Quote) here. | ||
| Machinery Manuals / Brochures | Machinery Manuals / Brochures - Post Machinery Manuals & Brochures here! | ||
| Member / Shop Photos | Member / Shop Photos - Member and Shop Photos here! | ||
| Uncategorised CAM Discussion | Uncategorised CAM Discussion - Discuss Uncategorised CAD/CAM software and Design software methods here! | ||
| ArtCam Pro | ArtCam Pro - Discuss ArtCam Pro software here. | ||
| Alphacam | Alphacam - Discuss Alphacam here! | ||
| Autodesk CAM | |||
| CamWorks | CamWorks - Discuss CamWorks software here. | ||
| CamBam | CamBam - Discuss CamBam software here. | ||
| CutLeader | CutLeader - Discuss CutLeader software here. | ||
| Dolphin CAD/CAM | Dolphin CAD/CAM - Discuss Dolphin CAD/CAM software here. | ||
| EdgeCam | EdgeCam - Discuss EdgeCam software here. | ||
| Esprit | Esprit - Discuss Esprit CAM software here. | ||
| EnRoute | EnRoute - Discuss EnRoute software here! | ||
| EZ-CAM Solutions | EZ-CAM Solutions - Discuss EZ-CAM solutions here! | ||
| FeatureCAM CAD/CAM | FeatureCAM CAD/CAM - Discuss FeatureCAM CAD/CAM software here. | ||
| GibbsCAM | GibbsCAM - Discuss GibbsCAM software here. | ||
| GRZ Software- MeshCAM | GRZ Software- MeshCAM - Discuss GRZ- /MeshCAM software here. | ||
| Hypermill | Hypermill - Hypermill by OPEN MIND | ||
| Mastercam | Mastercam - Discuss Mastercam software here. | ||
| MadCAM | MadCAM - Discuss MadCAM software here. | ||
| OneCNC | OneCNC - Discuss OneCNC software here. | ||
| PTC Pro/Manufacture | PTC Pro/Manufacture - Discuss PTC Pro/Manufacture software here. | ||
| PowerMILL | PowerMILL - Discuss PowerMILL here! | ||
| Rhinocam | Rhinocam - Discuss Rhinocam software here! | ||
| SprutCAM | SprutCAM - Discuss SprutCAM software here. | ||
| SheetCam | SheetCam - Discuss SheetCam software here. | ||
| Uncategorised CAD Discussion | Uncategorised CAD Discussion - Uncategorised discussion for general CAD questions. | ||
| Alibre Design | Alibre Design - Discuss Alibre software here. | ||
| Autodesk | Autodesk - Discuss ALL Autodesk software here. | ||
| Logic Trace CNC/DXF | Logic Trace CNC/DXF - Discuss Logic Trace CNC/DXF software here. | ||
| Rhino 3D | Rhino 3D - Discuss Rhino 3D software here. | ||
| SolidEdge | SolidEdge - Discuss SolidEdge software here. | ||
| Solidworks | Solidworks - Discuss Solidworks software here. | ||
| ViaCad / Shark | ViaCad / Shark - Discuss ViaCad / Shark software here. | ||
| Epoxy Granite | Epoxy Granite - Discuss Epoxy Granite constructed machines here! | ||
| Linear and Rotary Motion | Linear and Rotary Motion - Discuss ball/Acme screws, R&P, linear slides and theory here. | ||
| Mechanical Calculations/Engineering Design | Mechanical Calculations/Engineering Design - Discuss general mechanical design and mechanical calculations. | ||
| T-Slot CNC building | T-Slot CNC building - Discuss building machines using T-Slot systems. | ||
| General WoodWorking | General WoodWorking - Discuss WoodWorking here! | Carpentry and Woodworking Forums | |
| CNC Machining Centers | CNC Machining Centers - Discuss wood cutting CNC machining centers, and Point-to-Point machines here. | ||
| DIY CNC Router Table Machines | DIY CNC Router Table Machines - Discuss the building of home-made CNC Router tables here! | ||
| Wood Lathes / Mills | Wood Lathes / Mills - Discuss Wood Lathes / Mills here! | ||
| General MetalWork Discussion | General MetalWork Discussion - Discuss problems, tips and techniques for machining metal. | ||
| Bending, Forging, Extrusion... | Bending, Forging, Extrusion... - Discuss Bending, Forging, Extrusion techniques here. | ||
| Casting Metals | Casting Metals - Discuss casting metals here. | ||
| Diemaking / Diecutting | Diemaking / Diecutting - Discuss Diemaking and Diecutting here. | ||
| Mass finishing equipment/media/strategies | Mass finishing equipment/media/strategies - Discuss Mass finishing equipment/media/strategies here! | ||
| Moldmaking | Moldmaking - Discuss mold making and techniques here. | ||
| Welding Brazing Soldering Sealing | Welding Brazing Soldering Sealing - Discuss Welding, Brazing, Soldering, Sealing technique's here. | ||
| 80/20 TSLOTS / Other Aluminum Framing Systems | 80/20 TSLOTS / Other Aluminum Framing Systems - Discuss Modular T-Slotted Aluminum Framing Systems here! | ||
| Uncategorised MetalWorking Machines | Uncategorised MetalWorking Machines - Uncategorised discussions of all metal working machines from drill presses to band-saws. | ||
| Bending- and Punching Machines | Bending- and Punching Machines - Discuss about bending and punching | ||
| Auto Tool Changer | Auto Tool Changer - Discuss Auto Tool Changer for Metal Working machines here! | ||
| Drilling- and Milling Machines | Drilling- and Milling Machines - Discuss about simple Drilling and Milling Machines | ||
| Turning Machines | Turning Machines - Discuss Turning Machines here | ||
| Bridgeport Machines | Bridgeport Machines - Discuss Bridgeport Machines here! | ||
| Cincinnati CNC | Cincinnati CNC - Discuss Cincinnati CNC machines here. | ||
| CNC Swiss Screw Machines | CNC Swiss Screw Machines - Discuss CNC Swiss Screw Machines here. | ||
| CNC | CNC do-it-yourself - Discuss Selfmade Machines | ||
| CNC Machining Centres | CNC Machining Centres - Experience and tips for complex machining centres | ||
| Deckel, Maho, Aciera, Abene Mills | Deckel, Maho, Aciera, Abene Mills - Discuss European Deckel type mills. Abene here! | ||
| Dyna Mechtronics | Dyna Mechtronics - Discuss Dyna Mechtronics here. | ||
| Fadal | Fadal - Discuss Fadal machinery here! | ||
| Milling | Milling - Discuss problems, tips and techniques for milling. | ||
| Turning | Turning - Discuss problems, tips and techniques for turning. | ||
| Drilling | Drilling - Discuss problems, tips and techniques for drilling, tapping and reaming. | ||
| Grinding | Grinding - Discuss problems, tips and techniques for grinding. | ||
| Chucking and Measuring | Chucking and Measuring - Discuss problems, tips and techniques for chucking and measuring. | ||
| Other Manufacturing Processes | Other Manufacturing Processes - Discuss problems, tips and techniques for other manufacturing processes. | ||
| Safety Zone | Safety Zone - Discuss safety related issues about machines and materials. | ||
| General Waterjet | General Waterjet - Discuss building, operating CNC waterjet machines here! | ||
| General EDM Discussion | General EDM Discussion - Discuss building, operating EDM machines here! | ||
| DynaTorch | DynaTorch - Discuss DynaTorch machines here! | ||
| EZ-Router (Plasma only) | |||
| PlasmaCam | PlasmaCam - Discuss PlasmaCam machines here! | ||
| Hypertherm Plasma | Hypertherm Plasma - Discuss hypertherm plasma machines here. | ||
| General Laser Engraving / Cutting Machine Discussion | General Laser Engraving / Cutting Machine Discussion - Discuss CNC Laser cutting machines here! | ||
| Torchmate | Torchmate - Discuss Torchmate machines here! | ||
| Commercial Laser | Commercial Laser - Discuss Commercial Laser here. | ||
| General Fiber Laser Cutting | General Fiber Laser Cutting - Discuss about General Fiber Laser Cutting here. | ||
| Laser Control Software | Laser Control Software - Discuss Laser Control Software here! | ||
| Laser Hardware | Laser Hardware - Discuss Laser Hardware here! | ||
| General Other Machine Discussion | General Other Machine Discussion - General Other Machine Discussion here! | ||
| Digitizing and Laser Digitizing | Digitizing and Laser Digitizing - Discuss Digitizing parts via Laser or otherwise here! | ||
| Engraving Machines | Engraving Machines - Discuss engraving machines here. | ||
| Machine Created Art | Machine Created Art - Discuss art created by machines here. | ||
| Printing, Scanners, Vinyl cutting and Plotters | Printing, Scanners, Vinyl cutting and Plotters - Discuss Printers, Scanners, Vinyl cutting machine and Plotting questions here. | ||
| Gunsmithing | Gunsmithing - Discuss machinist tools and techniques relating to gunsmithing here! | Gunsmith Forums | |
| I.C. Engines | I.C. Engines - Discuss home made Internal Combustion engines here! | ||
| CNC Tooling | CNC Tooling - Discuss CNC tooling here. | ||
| 3D Printer Software / Hardware | |||
| 3D Scanning Software | |||
| General 3D Printer / 3D Scanner Discussion | General 3D Printer / 3D Scanner Discussion - Discuss about 3D Printers and 3D Scanners here. | 3D Printing Forums | |
| Operating System software | Operating System software - Discuss Operating System software, IE windows, Linux etc here! | ||
| Computers / Networking | Computers / Networking - Discuss computer and Networking related questions here! | ||
| Raspberry Pi CNC | Raspberry Pi CNC - Discuss Raspberry Pi CNC systems here! | Computer Networking Forums | |
| Arduino | Arduino - Discuss Arduino programming here. | Arduino Forums | |
| Coding | Coding - Post your Coding for opensource projects here. | Coding Forums | |
| My CNC UK | Workshop & Equipment | Show us your workshop, tools and equipment, points are deducted for tidy workshops! | |
| Tool & Tooling Technology | Discuss tooling relative to cnc machining and anything else related. | ||
| Linear & Rotary Motion | General discussion for lead screws, rack and pinion, synchronous drive components, belt and pulley drive mechanisms. | ||
| Belt Drive, Pulleys & Timing | Discussion for belt driven machines, systems, drive components and timing. | ||
| Rails, Guideways & Bearings | General discussion for all types of linear rail/guideway, linear actuators and their bearing blocks. | ||
| Rack & Pinion Systems | General discussion for rack and pinion linear systems. | ||
| Lead Screws, Nuts & Supports | General discussion for Lead Screws and Drive Nuts. | ||
| Gantry/Router Machines & Building | General discussion for the various moving gantry or router style cnc machines. | ||
| DIY Router Build Logs | Here you can find the build logs of gantry type diy cnc machines built by our members. | ||
| OpenBuilds OX CNC Machine | General discussion for the OpenBuilds OX cnc router machine. | ||
| Boxford Routers | General discussion for commercial Boxford Routers. | ||
| Denford Routers | General discussion for the Denford range. | ||
| Chinese Machines | General discussion for the commercial chinese routers, the 3040, 6040 and other variants. | ||
| SCM Group Routers | General discussion for the SCM Group wood routers. | ||
| AXYZ Routers | General discussion for the AXYZ International range of machines. | ||
| Marchant Dice Machines | General discussion for the range of machines available from Marchant Dice Ltd. | ||
| Heiz CNC Routers | General discussion for the Heiz routers. | ||
| Rye CNC Routers | General discussion for the Rye range of cnc machines. | ||
| Milling Machines, Builds & Conversions | General discussion for milling machines, building & converting your own. | ||
| Conversion Build Logs | Here you can find the conversion build logs/diaries of machines that have been converted to cnc by our members. | ||
| DIY Mill Build Logs | Here you can find the build logs/diaries of machines built by our members. | ||
| Mazak, Yamazaki Machines | General discussion for Mazak and or Yamazaki branded Milling Machines. | ||
| Denford Mills | General discussion for the Denford range. | ||
| Emco Milling Machines | General discussion for the Emco brand of Milling Machines. | ||
| Sherline Mills | General discussion for the range of Sherline Products desktop milling machines. | ||
| Boxford Vertical Mills | General discussion for the commercial Boxford Vertical Machining Centers (VMC). | ||
| Bridgeport Milling Machines | General discussion for the various Bridgeport milling machines. | ||
| Optimum Milling Machines | Discussion for the Optimill range of machines from Optimum. | ||
| Sieg Milling Machines | General discussion for the range of milling machines by SIEG. | ||
| Syil CNC Machines | General discussion for the range of Syil cnc machines. | ||
| Hurco Vertical Machines | General discussion for the various Hurco brand of vertical machines. | ||
| Lathes, Lathe Rebuilding & Conversions | General discussion for lathes, lathe usage, rebuilding, operation and conversions. | ||
| Conversion Build Logs | Here you can find the conversion build logs/diaries of machines that have been converted to cnc by our members. | ||
| Lathe Rebuild Logs | Here you can find the lathe rebuild logs by our members. | ||
| Emco Lathes | General discussion for the Emco brand of Lathes. | ||
| Boxford Lathes | General discussion for commercial Boxford lathe Machines. | ||
| Acorn, Atlas, Halifax Lathes | General discussion for the Acorntools, Atlas and Halifax brands of lathes. | ||
| Conect Lathes | General discussion for the Conect (121, Cadet ect.) range of cnc lathes. | ||
| Clarke Lathes | General discussion for commercial Clarke lathes. | ||
| Mazak, Yamazaki Lathes | General discussion for Mazak and/or Yamazaki branded lathes. | ||
| Denford Lathes | General discussion for the Denford range. | ||
| Sieg Lathes | General discussion for the range of lathes by SIEG. | ||
| Laser Machines & Building | General discussion for machines that use laser technology to cut and engrave materials. | ||
| Plasma Table Machines | Discuss the building of diy cnc plasma tables, commercial machines and more here. | ||
| Other Machines & Building | Here discussion is about 3d printers, 3d printing machines, machine usage and building your own. | ||
| 3D Printing Machines | Here discussion is about 3d printers, 3d printing machines, machine usage and building your own. | 3D Printing Forums | |
| Denford 3D Printers | General discussion for the Denford range. | ||
| Pick & Place Machines | Discuss commercial machines, the build logs/diaries of your own diy cnc pick and place machines and more here. | ||
| DIY Pick & Place Build Logs | Here you can find the build logs/diaries of machines built by our members. | ||
| Moulding Machines | General discussion for anything related to moulding machines and mould making. | DIY Forums | |
| Hotwire Cutting Machines | Discuss the building of diy cnc hotwire foam cutting machines, post your build logs/diaries here as well. | ||
| Metalwork Discussion | General discussion for topics related to working with metal. | Metalworking Forums | |
| Woodwork Discussion | General discussion for topics related to working with wood. | Carpentry and Woodworking Forums | |
| Centroid CNC Forum | Centroid Acorn CNC Controller | ||
| Success Stories | |||
| Buy, Sell, Trade | |||
| Centroid Oak, Allin1DC, MPU11 and Legacy products | |||
| Acorn CNC Plasma | |||
| Machining Strategies. Work Holding, Tool Path, Cutters, Feeds/Speeds etc. | |||
| CNC4PC | Questions | ||
| Projects | |||
| News | |||
| NYC CNC Forums | CNC & Machining Questions | ||
| Business & Entrepreneurship | Business Forums | ||
| Fusion 360 Help | |||
| Watercooler | |||
| Business of Machining (Podcast) Topics | |||
| RFQ’s, Services, Items for Sale | |||
| Sawmill Creek Woodworking Community | CNC Machines | All Things Computer Numerical Control | |
| WOODWEB's Cabinetmaking Forum | CNC | CNC Forum - Message Index | |
| The Patriot Woodworker | CNC | Welcome to The Patriot Woodworkers CNC Forum. Take up a seat, and discuss, share and contribute anything related to your CNC projects, operations, software and purchases. | |
| WoodTalk Forum | CNC | ||
| Home Model Engine Machinist Forum | CNC Machines & Conversions |
