#83: Custom 3D Rotary Beer Tap Handle - 3/17/2022

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Mar 18

Written By Kyle Ely | Learn Your CNC

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In this live group training, we learned how to create a custom 3D rotary tap handle and how to make the toolpaths for it. We also compared some differences between VCarve & Aspire and answered lots of great questions from students.

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Kyle Ely | Learn Your CNC

Kyle is the founder and instructor at Learn Your CNC and he is very passionate about designing and creating things from scratch. He has been woodworking since he was 12 years old and built his first homemade CNC router machine when he was just 16 years old. Now with over a decade of CNC experience, he loves to share his knowledge with others.

https://www.learnyourcnc.com

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