Beginners Guide to Making an Aluminum CNC Mill

Aluminum CNC mills are a great way to get into the world of 3D and they're very affordable. They can be made from an aluminum sheet, which is what I did, or from a solid block of aluminum. There's no need to worry about having the skills or tools to work with metal because all you need is a few basic tools and some basic knowledge

I've been at this for quite a while, but I want to share my experience, knowledge and wisdom with you. If you're thinking of making your first aluminum cnc milling machine or just starting out with one like me then this article is right up your alley

On this page I'll share everything you need to know about building an aluminum cnc milling machine from scratch: what materials are needed and how much they cost; what tools are required; where to find them; how much it'll cost; and more!

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Asianstar: Professional CNC Machining Supplier

From year of 2005, Asianstar Company establish the CNC Machining Factory in Guangdong Province, China.
We mostly provide CNC Turning, Milling, Drilling, Grinding, and Multi Machining processes service on various materials.
With the Belief of becoming a key supplier in the supply-chain of Precision Components, we strictly control our product quality, keep high precision on our components production, buildup the whole-process QC System and submit the satisfaction for every order.
By long term development, we have buildup partnership with world-wide clients, supporting our partners in Designing, Optimizing, Producing and Testing on each type of components.

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OUR CNC MACHINING SERVICES

CNC Turning Service

Our CNC Turning Service provides different sizes of roll shape work-pieces, the diameter range is from 0.5mm to 480mm, reaching tolerance +/-0.003mm.

CNC Milling Service

Our milling machines and CNC centers are able to produce complicated structure part, five-axis devices produce multi-sides at one-time jag which bring high precision result

Sheet Metal Fabrication

Our Sheet Metal Fabrication provides slicing, punching, bending, welding, painting and assembling for set products, unique tooling for each project to raise production efficiency

Aluminum Extrusion

Our Aluminum Extrusion brings clients various shapes of aluminum parts, high efficiency for mass quantity, our precision extrusion mold control tolerance within 0.01mm

Forging Service

For some steel serious products, we apply Forging Service to make out their outer shape and them use CNC devices to start drilling, forming, rolling, cutting, etc.

Finishing Service

Our Surface Finishing Service uses chemical or electro post-treatments after machining tasks are finished, normally includes Oxide, Anodizing, Passivation, E-Plating, Painting,etc.