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Pocket NC 5 Axis Desktop CNC is Ready

By Paul Crowe

Pocket NC, the 5 axis desktop CNC milling machine is on Kickstarter
Pocket NC, the 5 axis desktop CNC milling machine is on Kickstarter

A couple of years ago, we showed you the Pocket NC, a 5 axis CNC milling machine that fits on your desktop. It was still in development, but it looked absolutely amazing. The big question for many at that time was, “What about software?” Well, they continued development until it was ready for sale, put together a series of Kickstarter packages and they’re offering a one year commercial license to Autodesk Fusion 360 to go along with the machine. I guess that takes care of the software issue!

So what can you machine with this little mill? How about a nice small scale aluminum engine block?
So what can you machine with this little mill? How about a nice small scale aluminum engine block?

The mill has impressive specs. You can machine soft materials like plastics and wood and most materials up to alloys such as aluminum. This little engine block looks pretty sweet, in fact, this mill looks like it’s just the thing for many of those scale model machinists we’ve seen building functional engines, but it can certainly turn out parts of any sort. Robot builders and other makers and experimenters will want to give this a look.

What could you machine with the Pocket NC?
What could you machine with the Pocket NC?

They’ve already made their goal and the project will be funded, but they’ve actually closed all of the levels where a Pocket NC machine is included. It looks like they don’t want to get too many orders to fulfill in a reasonable period of time. The little machines are assembled in their garage in Montana so I imagine it would be easy to overpromise and underdeliver, a bad combo when you’re just starting out. As production gets going, it’s likely they’ll begin taking orders again, a good thing since I bet quite a few potential machinists are disappointed they didn’t get in before they hit their order limit.

Once this gets out to a wider user group, we’ll probably see some pretty ingenious creations. Very cool!

Link: Pocket NC on Kickstarter
Link: Pocket NC

Posted on July 13, 2015 Filed Under: Workshop & Tools


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Comments

  1. Yeti2bikes says

    July 14, 2015 at 1:53 pm

    This thing would do a really good job of finishing off an 80% lower. I can see the anti-gun brigade trying to ban such wonderful tools of ingenuity such as this because it could be used to produce the cartoon terror known as a “ghost gun”.

    • Paul Crowe says

      July 14, 2015 at 2:22 pm

      Great minds think alike. That was the first thing I thought of, though this other mill makes it a lot easier, you just clamp the 80 percent lower inside and turn it on. It’s cheaper, too. The Pocket NC is a lot more versatile, though. CNC, … what can’t it do?

  2. FREEMAN says

    July 17, 2015 at 6:12 am

    I just checked the kickstarter and there’s one left under the 3500 pledge.

  3. Tyler says

    July 21, 2015 at 2:41 pm

    Oh man what I wouldn’t do to have $3500 burning a hole in my pocket. OK, well I’d probably try to find a used KTM 390 Duke, but since I already have one of those I would definitely consider this!

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