The Shaper Origin is a portable CNC handheld router that can be taken to your work unlike any other CNC. I put the Shaper Origin to test by routing and inlaying a diamond pattern into a finished desk.

but now with the CNC router he has a world of possibilities for projects! The mechanical parts he had to buy cost around $600, which isn’t too bad considering the size of the router. He lucked ...

The most common use for a traditional router is working on wood and plastics, such as making dove-tail joints in furniture pieces. A CNC, or computer numerically controlled, router is a sophisticated ...

buy new stock, or scrounge what you can. Fresh virgin materials are often easier to work with, but it’s satisfying to get useful stock from unexpected sources. This CNC router for PVC pipe is a ...