CNC Machines

[Brian Louie]

Hello everyone. Can anyone recommend a full size CNC machine with Mac compatible software? Thanks!

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Brian Louie, P'23 '28

K-8 Maker and Design Educator

Grade 5 Player Development Coach

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[Paul Meinersmann]

This may not be quite what you are looking for, but check out https://www.maslowcnc.com/.

Thank you,

Paul

Paul Meinersmann Technology & Makerspace Director St. George Municipal School Unit 65 Main St, PO BOX 153 Tenants Harbor, ME 04860 mobile: 207-975-3043 school: 207-372-6312 Pronouns: he/him/his

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[Jesse D Robinson]

We use a Forest Scientific CNC router which I have had very few issues with.   The bed is 4ft by 8ft.   It seems their website is currently down so I can't link to my model.   If you purchase one I would NOT recommend buying one with a vacuum table to assist with keeping the material stable.   We ended up drilling and clamping our material down anyways....and just stopped using it, so you can save a thousand dollars there.

We also have an Automatic Tool changer to switch between bits, so if that is something you are interested in your facilities department will have to run compressed air to the router (or you can use a compressor like we did).

To my knowledge the software to run the CNC is not Mac compatible, and I think you might have trouble finding one that it is.   We use Vectric Aspire to design in (which is also not Mac compatible) but I am sure you can find Mac-based design software (i.e. AutoCAD Fusion).

Feel free to reach out with any questions.

Jesse

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On Wed, Sep 24, 2025 at 2:04 PM Brian Louie <lo...@hamlin.org> wrote:

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[Julian Cortella]

Not sure what you mean by full-size, but I’d look into Carbide 3d Shapeoko.  They go up to 4ft x 4ft.  They are Mac compatible and their software is quite easy to learn.