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The CNC wood router on this page mainly refers to the 3 axis CNC router machine for CNC woodworking. The spindle of the CNC wood router carries the CNC router bits to move along the X, Y, and Z axes. As one type of the most commonly used wood CNC machine, it can cut, carve, engrave, mill, punch various types of wood boards. So it is also called CNC wood carving machine, CNC wood cutting machine, or CNC wood engraving machine.

What Is a CNC Wood Router?

A CNC wood router is an automatic machine tool for wood cutting, relief carving, drilling & slotting, which works with 2D/3D designed files by CAD/CAM software. A CNC wood router machine is composed of bed frames, spindles, T-slot table or vacuum table, vacuum pump, CNC controller, motor driver, guide rail, rack and pinion, ball screw, power supply, limit switch, collets, tools & bits, and other parts & accessories. The most common types of wood routers include 3 axis, 4th axis, 4 axis, 5 axis CNC woodworking machines.

The most used CNC wood router tables include 2ft by 3ft, 2ft by 4ft, 4ft by 4ft, 4ft by 6ft, 4ft by 8ft, 5ft by 10ft, and 6ft by 12ft. A wood router is applied in most popular woodworking plans and projects such as cabinet making, door making, sign making, arts & crafts, furniture making, and home decorations. Whether you are a craft carpenter or a professional woodworker, you can easily find your next CNC router at IGOLDENCNC to automate your woodworking projects. Its user-friendliness, ease of use and multi-function make it easy for you to benefit and profit.

What Are The Types Of Wood CNC Machines?

To categorize the types of an automatic woodworking machine, three possible categories can be made:

Types based on table sizes (work area): 2×3 table tops, 2×4 table tops, 4×4 table tops, 4×6 table tops, 4×8 table tops, 5×10 table tops, 6×12 table tops.

Types based on applications: Home types, Desktop types, 3D types, Hobby types, Commercial types, Industrial types.

Types based on axis: 5 axis, 4 axis, 4th axis (rotary axis), and 3 axis CNC wood routers.

3 Axis CNC Wood Router

The 3 axis CNC router has outstanding features, such as low cost, simple operation, multiple functions, and easy maintenance. So it is considered as an entry-level wood CNC machine in the CNC woodworking industry. And it is quite popular with users at home and abroad. The CNC wood cutting machine mainly performs some plane processing on wooden panels. If you are just doing flat machining on some plates, this 3 axis CNC router is definitely your ideal choice. For example, engrave patterns on or cut shapes out from a wood board.

How does a CNC wood router machine work?

Simply put, the 3 axis CNC wood carving machine works like a printer in terms of working principle.

The CNC router software (CAD) designs the engraving patterns and cutting paths to turn your ideas into electronic files. And the design and working path information is automatically transferred to the controller by the computer. Then the other type of CNC router software (CAM) turns the electronic files into G-codes. Such G-codes can drive the servo or stepper motor to work and control the CNC wood engraving machine spindle to move along the X, Y, and Z axes. So it can complete cutting, engraving, or carving work of multiple materials fixed on the working table.

Of course, sometimes, you have other machining requirements such as carving three-dimensional workpieces, curved surface machining of complex workpieces. To meet these demands, we also have CNC routers for woodworking with the rotating spindle, rotary device, automatic tool charge, or multiple spindles. You can choose one CNC wood cutting machine among them that can best suit your requirements.

What is the CNC wood router price?

The CNC wood router price varies greatly based on different specifications and configurations. But in general, as advanced and automatic equipment, the wood carving machine price will not be cheap. The CNC wood router price ranges from $2,000 to $12,000 approximately. This price range is only for reference. And the detailed price of a specific machine may be higher or lower than this range.

The CNC wood carving machine price is related to many factors. For example, machine size, detailed configurations, and also some additional fees, like shipping fees, taxes, custom clearance fees, etc. For example, a 600*900mm 3 axis CNC router for sale may only need $2,000. While a 2000x9000mm 3 axis CNC woodworking machine could cost over $10,000. In addition, for the same 3 axis CNC router machine, the freight from China to Europe is far more expensive than that to South Asia.

In short, the CNC router machine price can be different if you change any configuration or come from different countries. Besides, due to changes in raw material costs, international freight, and exchange rates, the CNC router machine price will also fluctuate.

Processing advantages of a CNC wood router  

High cost performance. Processing requirements can be met without high procurement and training costs. This type of wood engraving machine can help users save 30% on the purchase cost. It is good at cutting and engraving wood panels quickly and accurately.

Wide range of applications. The wood CNC machine has extensive usage in furniture, advertising, crafts, molding, construction, printing and packaging, decoration, and other industries.

Extensive processing materials. It can realize the processing of most non-metal materials like acrylic, PVC board, two-color board, wood board, density board, fireboard, rubber board.

High degree of automation. Compared with the traditional processing methods, the processing efficiency of the CNC router machine has been increased by 50%. This also brings greater profit margins to users.

Safer operation. The wood CNC machine can complete the overall cutting and engraving process automatically. So operators don’t have to cut the wooden boards with manual tools, nor stay close to the cutting position. This makes the processing safer and more precise.

What Are CNC Wood Routers Used For?

These automatic machine tools are mostly used for woodworkers and carpenters to do woodworking in industrial manufacturing, small business, small shop, home business, home shop, school education. Besides, craftsman and hobbyists will also find a computer-controlled wood CNC machine useful.

Here are some of the fields where a CNC wood router will have access:

• Furniture Making: home furniture, art furniture, antique furniture, office furniture, cabinet making, door making, cabinet doors, interior doors, home doors, cupboard doors, table legs, sofa legs, wood spindles, corners, screens, headboards, composite gates, MDF projects, wood crafts, wood arts.

• Advertising.

• Die Making.

• Hollowing.

• Relief Carvings.

• Wood Cylinders.

• 3D Woodworking Projects.

• Sign Making.

• Custom Woodworking Plans.

 

How To Choose The Best Router Bits For Wood?

In woodworking, many details can affect the quality, accuracy and appearance of the final woodworking project, especially the selection of router bits for woodworking.

Choosing the right tool according to different processing materials and different machining processes is an important factor to ensure fast and efficient production.

What type of router bit is best for woodworking? What can each tool do in woodworking?

• Flat bottom or column router bits, mostly rely on the side edge for cutting, and the bottom edge is mainly used for flat polishing. The end face of the head of the column router bit is large, and the working efficiency is high. It is mainly used for contour cutting, milling plane, area and surface rough carving.

• Another relatively common type is straight, which is often used to carve large characters. The edge of the material cut by it is straight, which is generally used for PVC and acrylic cutting to make characters.

• Milling cutter is the most common tool in automatic woodworking. Milling cutters are divided into many types according to their shapes.

For example, double-edged spiral milling cutters used when cutting acrylic and MDF, single-edged spiral ball-end milling cutters for large deep relief processing of cork, MDF, solid wood, and acrylic. It is a prismatic milling cutter used when making high-density boards, solid wood doors, and furniture.

Of course, many tool manufacturers will also make special tools according to the special requirements of many customers, such as large chip-removing spiral milling cutters that are more suitable for cutting density boards and chip removal. The round bottom cutter is more suitable for precision small relief carving.

• The cutting edge of a ball end tool is arc-shaped, forming a hemisphere during the carving process of the wood cutting machine, the process is evenly stressed and the cutting is stable. Ball tools are not suitable for milling planes.

• Bullnose bit is a mixture of fluted column bit and ball end bit. In addition, it has the features of a ball end bit to carve curved surfaces, and on the other hand, it has the features of a fluted column bit and can be used for plane milling.

• Tapered flat bottom bits, abbreviated as tapered bits. They have the widest range of applications in the carpentry. The bottom edge of the cone bit, commonly known as the tip, is similar to a column bit, and can be used for the finishing of small planes. The side edge of the cone bit is inclined at a certain angle to form an inclined side surface during the working process.

The structural features of the cone bit can enable it to achieve the unique three-dimensional angle clearing effect of the carving industry. Cone bits are mainly used for single-line carving, area rough carving, area fine carving, 3D clear angle, projection carving, image gray scale carving.

• Tapered end mill, referred to as tapered ball nose bit. It’s a mixture of cone milling cutter and ball milling cutter. Furthermore, it has the features of a cone cutter with a small tip, and on the other hand, it has the features of a ball bit, which can mill relatively fine curved surfaces.

• Tapered bullnose bit is a mixture of cone bit and bullnose bit. Moreover, it has the features of a cone shaped bit to cut relatively fine curved surfaces, and on the other hand, it has a bullnose shaper cutter. Because of its features, the tapered bullnose router bit is often used for relief carving.

• The V-Groove router bits are designed to cut deep or shallow V-shaped grooves.

• Drill bits are mainly used for drilling. When the hole is relatively shallow, clearing bottom router bits can be used to drill holes.