CNC
Router
Essentials
Text © 2018, 2020 by Randy Johnson
Photographs © 2018, 2020 by Randy Johnson, unless otherwise notedPhotographs on front cover and pages 8; 40, boom; 132, middle; 133, top le; 134, all; 135, all; 136, right middle and boom; 138, all; 139, all, courtesy Next Wave AutomationPhotographs on page 48, top; 132, boom; 133, top right and boom; 136, le and top right; 137, all, courtesy ShopBot Tools, Inc.Photograph on page 132, top, courtesy AxiomPhotographs on pages 60, 76, 92, and 108 © 2018 by Danielle Atkins
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Publisher: Paul McGahrenCopy Editor: Kerri GrzybickiDesigner: Lindsay HessLayout Designer: Jodie DeloheryIndexer: Jay Kreider
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ISBN: 978-1-950934-12-6
Library of Congress Control Number: 2020930297
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Randy Johnson
Basics for Mastering the Most Innovative Tool in Your Workshop
Router
Essentials
Contents
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PBasic Drawing & Toolpath Techniques
Bitmap Tracing & Texture Carving