MILLERSBURG, Ohio — Fairwood Manufacturing in Millersburg, Ohio, began having trouble with the legacy control on its 2002 C.R. Onsrud 96C12 twin-table CNC router, bringing production to a standstill.

Woodworker and former graphic designer Grant Nicholson was looking for a tool that could turn his design concepts into physical objects. He decided to purchase a computer numerical control (CNC) ...

Humans had to carry out all their machining processes by hand for centuries. Even precision tools had to be maneuvered very carefully, inch by inch, by people holding the devices personally. That all ...