Intro to CNC Machine Operation

Intro to CNC Machine Operation

Wednesday, September 9, 2026 Β· 6:00 PM MDT Β· Clear Creek Makerspace Β· Wheat Ridge, CO

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**This class is the second step in learning the Avid CNC. We'll cover basic CNC operations and get hands on experience with a project.** πŸ‘‰ [Sign up for ](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/intro-to-cnc-hands-on-machine-operation-w-caroline-registration-1997504797621?aff=meetup)**[Intro to CNC Machine Operation](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/intro-to-cnc-hands-on-machine-operation-w-caroline-registration-1997504797621?aff=meetup)** ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ This course is the second class in our CNC training series, focusing on hands-on machine operation. It requires that you've already attended **[WOOD150: Intro to CNC (Setup & Software)](https://eventbrite.com/e/1243065545509/?aff=meetup)**. Building on what we learned in WOOD150, this class will teach you how to safely operate the **Avid CNC**, from powering it on to running a complete cut. We’ll cover essential topics like **work-holding methods** to secure materials, performing **tool changes**, and setting up the machine for accurate cutting. The class will conclude with each participant running a **basic project**, reinforcing the skills needed for independent CNC work. This course will give you the necessary operation skills for the practical test. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ **As part of this course, you’ll learn:** * **Machine Operation** – Powering on, homing, and setting work coordinates. * **Work-Holding Methods** – Clamps, screws, tape, and other methods. * **Tool Changes** – Changing and zeroing bits properly. * **Running a Basic Project** – Loading toolpaths, checking settings, and executing a cut. ━━━━━━━━━━━PLEASE NOTE!━━━━━━━━━━━━━ We're excited that you're interested in this workshop and we're glad you found us! That said, this page is **NOT** the official registration for the class. To officially save your spot, please make sure you finish signing up through the link below. If you don't, we won't be able to hold a spot for you, even if you've RSVP'd here. If you're planning to join…

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