Made with Layers (Thomas Sanladerer) | The road to cutting Aluminum on my Desktop CNC! @MadeWithLayers | Uploaded May 2020 | Updated October 2024, 6 days ago.
The Sienci Mill One was a strange tool to start with - bare-bones to be barely usable yet with potential of turning into a much more capable machine. Here's the mods and improvements I made to finally get it cutting aluminum!

Relevant parts:
6mm to 1/8" collet adapter go.toms3d.org/Colletadapter (get the black and silver ground ones)
Makita RT0700 go.toms3d.org/MakitaRouter
Sienci Mill One sienci.com/product/sienci-mill-one-kit-v3

Read the article to this video here: toms3d.org/2020/05/25/the-road-to-cutting-aluminum-on-my-desktop-cnc

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