It’s been pretty busy at Sienci Labs, and we haven’t had a chance to make any new videos for a while. It’s been about a month since our last “What’s on the Mill” upload. Well don’t worry, because we will have some new videos up in the next couple weeks. If you follow our Facebook […]

This is the biggest high school I have ever seen. Over the last few weeks, we had the chance to talk with a couple teachers about some of the struggles they face when using a CNC machine in the classroom. While teachers want to teach CNC milling in the classroom, the options they had for […]

The XZ gantry on the Mill One is one of its core parts and thus requires a high level of rigidity to have an overall high level of performance and precision. This blog post will give a quick look into some of the engineering that goes into the Mill One. What are we looking for? […]

Maker Festival: Maker Extravaganza is happening again this weekend from July 8th to 9th! If you’re in the area and love making, this is an event you don’t want to miss! Last year was a blast, and this year is going to be a blast as well! Maker Festival aims to bring together a community […]

We just recently sent out two of our Mill Ones for review, one to Tom Salanderer in Germany, and one to Make Magazine for the 2017 Digital Fabrication Shootout! Who is Tom? Well those folks who are active in the 3D printing community would know him as a Youtuber covering all sorts of things related to 3D […]

It’s been about six months since we first started shipping our first Mill One desktop CNC machines, and we’ve learned a lot since then. With this new knowledge, we have been able to lower our cost of manufacture while increasing the quality of our products and customer service. The Mill One offers phenomenal value for […]

For our friends outside of the US and Canada, we have finally arranged a shipping agreement to offer reduced prices to ship internationally, allowing us to open up sales around the world. We now offer flat rates for all Mill One desktop CNC kits for DHL Express International (3-5 day shipping): Europe (UK, France, Germany, […]

With any screw driven mechanical positioning system, there is often some degree of slop or “backlash“, including the one used in the Mill One. To explain further, backlash occurs when there is a gap between the threads of the nut and the lead screw and the nut is allowed to move within the gap which […]

I hope that everyone who came out to Hamilton Maker Faire this year had as much as a blast as we did. It was a toasty 30 degrees Celsius yesterday and Amy (who helped out for the day) and I got up around 8am to begin the 1 hour drive from Waterloo to Hamilton. Once […]

Milling materials like rubber and linoleum can be an interesting experience. Due to the elastic properties of these materials, some of the material will compress rather than being cut away by the bit or endmill the CNC is using. Getting the right feeds and speeds took a little bit of time and patience to get good […]