5 Profitable CNC Projects in 2024

Author: Melody Liu

Oct. 28, 2024

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5 Profitable CNC Projects in

What profitable CNC projects can my CNC machine make? This is probably the question that all the owners of any CNC machines frequently ask. Even in the context of a severe epidemic, using CNC machines to manufacture CNC projects still occupies a certain market share.

If you have or plan to buy a CNC machine and intend to make CNC projects that sell in , please read this article. It lists 5 profitable CNC machine projects of wood, metal, acrylic, and stone materials. Pictures of the following CNC router projects are real feedback from our customers around the world. They choose our CNC router machines to develop different CNC projects that sell in their places. Additionally, I also recommend several CNC machines to help you with your CNC router projects.

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CNC wood projects

CNC wood projects also refer to CNC router projects. Because they are realized mainly by the CNC router machines. Besides, the major material of such projects is various types of wood. For instance, softwood, hardwood, plywood, particle boards, density fiberboard, melamine boards, etc.

CNC router projects are used in a wide range of industries. In addition to industrial applications, we can see CNC router products everywhere in life. The main tasks of a CNC router include cutting out shapes, engraving surfaces, and carving designs. Furthermore, the use of CNC routers has changed the way that manual tools are used to process wood products. Its highly automated processing method improves processing efficiency, eliminates human error, and brings greater economic benefits.

What's more, various CNC router software, including CAD and CAM, makes the whole machining process more intelligent and simple. The CNC router software helps us with making drawings, calculating tool paths, and turning the raw material into finished products.

Epoxy tables

 

Epoxy tables made by a USA customer using ELE CNC wood router
 

Epoxy tables made by a USA customer using ELE CNC wood router

This is undoubtedly one of the beautiful and profitable CNC projects. It is so amazing combining the wood and epoxy materials. Epoxy tables are products that show personality and can decorate your house or shop. The dedicated epoxy materials can be perfectly combined with various types of wood, including some discarded scraps or timbers. After simple design and modeling, it can also get an eye-catching effect.

Therefore, the epoxy table CNC router projects are quite flexible because you can design the shapes and styles as you wish. Besides, you can also combine the wood and epoxy in any proportion.

What can the wood CNC router do for the epoxy table CNC projects?


The CNC wood router can mill the timer surface, or cut panels into any shape according to your designs. This will make preparation for the next step of combining the epoxy and adhesives. In addition, a CNC router machine can also flatten the table surface by milling after the epoxy solidified.

What wood CNC machine can be used to develop epoxy table CNC router projects?


All of our CNC routers for woodworking can handle the epoxy table CNC router projects for the preparation work. Different processes such as cutting, engraving, pocketing, and milling can be realized by selecting the appropriate CNC router bits. In addition, you can choose a CNC wood router with manual tool change or automatic tool change.

The manual tool changing wood CNC router needs to stop temporarily for tool change, which may take a while. However, the automatic tool changing CNC router for sale doesn't need to pause the machine. It changes CNC router bits automatically, which improves work efficiency, but accordingly with a higher price.
 

3 Axis Wood CNC Router for Table CNC Projects

This is an entry-level 3 axis CNC wood cutting machine widely used in the woodworking industry. It can achieve all the basic functions, like cutting, engraving, pocketing, drilling, etc. So it is very cost-effective to conduct wood CNC projects with this.

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All of our CNC routers for woodworking can handle the epoxy table CNC router projects for the preparation work. Different processes such as cutting, engraving, pocketing, and milling can be realized by selecting the appropriate CNC router bits. In addition, you can choose a CNC wood router with manual tool change or automatic tool change.The manual tool changing wood CNC router needs to stop temporarily for tool change, which may take a while. However, the automatic tool changing CNC router for sale doesn't need to pause the machine. It changes CNC router bits automatically, which improves work efficiency, but accordingly with a higher price.


We have a client from the United States who is dedicated to making epoxy table CNC router projects. His products include tables, chairs, desktop decorations, and other epoxy-wood CNC projects. He chooses our ELE wood CNC machine to cut, mill, and flatten his artworks.

The following video shows an ELE CNC router machine milling a timber surface. It is from a UK client who uses our wood CNC machine to process various wood materials.

Panel furniture


Cabinets made by a client in St. Kitts using ELE ATC CNC router

Cabinets made by a client in St. Kitts using ELE ATC CNC router


Making various panel furniture is also one of the most profitable CNC projects. It is also one of the major purposes of our CNC routers for woodworking. You can always find a suitable wood CNC machine to manufacture any cabinets, cupboards, wardrobes, shelves, office furniture, etc.

With the improvement of people's aesthetic level, modern panel furniture shall be both practical and beautiful. The beauty of the cabinets is mostly embodied in the style of cabinet doors. Our wood CNC router can engrave various patterns on wooden panels based on your amazing designs. Furthermore, the shapes of shelves are more changeable and not limited to traditional shapes.

What can a CNC machine do for panel furniture CNC router projects?


Our CNC wood cutting machine can cut all kinds of wood boards in batches for various panel furniture. Using different CNC router bits, you can also engrave a variety of patterns on cabinet doors. Besides, our non-porous process nesting CNC router machine can make slots for invisible connectors. It uses a special saw blade to make grooves and slots at any angle on the wooden panels for installing the invisible parts. You will not see any screws on the appearance of finished cabinets.

What types of CNC machines can make panel furniture CNC projects?


Most of our CNC routers for woodworking are suitable for making panel furniture according to your designs. You can select different configurations based on your specific requirements. What's more, you can also choose automatic labeling platforms for your nesting CNC router. It can improve your labeling efficiency and reduce human labor significantly.

Besides, we also provide other production line machines for the panel furniture CNC wood projects. For instance, edge banding machines, side drilling machines, panel saws, sanding machines, etc. You can combine them into an automated production line to improve your work efficiency.

The most popular CNC router for making panel furniture is the one with automatic loading and unloading platforms.
 

Automatic Loading and Unloading ATC 4x8 CNC Router for Cabinet CNC Projects

This is one of the best CNC machines for carrying out panel furniture CNC projects by small and medium-sized manufacturers.

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Most of our CNC routers for woodworking are suitable for making panel furniture according to your designs. You can select different configurations based on your specific requirements. What's more, you can also choose automatic labeling platforms for your nesting CNC router. It can improve your labeling efficiency and reduce human labor significantly.Besides, we also provide other production line machines for the panel furniture CNC wood projects. For instance, edge banding machines, side drilling machines, panel saws, sanding machines, etc. You can combine them into an automated production line to improve your work efficiency.The most popular CNC router for making panel furniture is the one with automatic loading and unloading platforms.


It is equipped with a drilling head, an ATC spindle, a special saw blade, and auto labeling, loading, and unloading platforms. So this nesting CNC router machine can complete the labeling, loading, processing, and unloading automatically. Besides, it can also complete the work of drilling, cutting, slotting, and making invisible part slots quickly and precisely.

Although the previous investment is relatively high, the automatic nesting CNC router can improve efficiency and increase productivity significantly. So it will bring considerable benefits in the long run.

Let's watch the test video of automatic loading and unloading ATC CNC router from an Australian customer. Our client was quite satisfied with our wood CNC machine.
 

Acrylic CNC projects

Acrylic materials are beautiful, wear-resistant, corrosion-resistant, economical, endurable, and have many other characteristics. Therefore, acrylic CNC projects are also one of the most profitable CNC projects that sell on the market.

Acrylic CNC projects are widely used in various fields, such as advertising and handicraft industries. It has multiple multiple colors and can be cut, etched, and spliced into various acrylic products. For example, lenses, nails, safety barriers, medical equipment, screens, furniture, storage boxes, display stands, water tanks, protective covers, crafts, etc.

Acrylic signs

  Acrylic products made by our Portuguese client using ELE CNC router machine
 

Acrylic products made by our Portuguese client using ELE CNC router machine

What can a CNC machine do for acrylic CNC projects?


A CNC machine can cut, etch, and engrave various acrylic materials. The common thickness of acrylic boards is about 3 to 20mm. Traditional cutting methods, like mold pressing or manual tools cutting, have a long production cycle, poor accuracy, and barely satisfied results. However, processing acrylic CNC projects with CNC machines solves all these problems. Due to the high-level of automation, CNC machines can process acrylic signs with fast speed and superior accuracy.

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What CNC machines can be used to develop amazing CNC projects of arcylic signs?


Video: demonstration of cutting an acrylic board with an ELE CNC wood router by a Portuguese client


Laser cut acrylic amazing CNC projects are quite common in daily life. The laser acrylic CNC projects are realized by acrylic laser cutters with the CO2 laser source. Laser cuts acrylic materials without physically contacting the material surface. So it won't cause damage or deformation to the acrylic. Besides, an acrylic laser cutter can also engrave or etch acrylic material to produce a frosting effect on the surface.
 
Laser cut acrylic board demonstration is on 0:15s to 0:56s. An acrylic laser cutter is indeed a good CNC machine to carry out acrylic CNC projects.
 

Stone CNC projects

There is a type of CNC machine that can be specially used to carry out stone CNC projects. For example quartz countertops, marble background walls, bathroom sinks, etc. These CNC machines include stone CNC routers and upgraded stone CNC machining centers.

Stone CNC router projects such as kitchen countertops or bathroom sinks require a certain degree of accuracy. Because the cut shape needs to match with the corresponding washbasins. In addition, customized countertop CNC projects need to perfectly fit the dimensions of the user's kitchen, bathroom, etc.

Quartz countertop CNC projects


Pictures of quartz countertop CNC router projects

Pictures of quartz countertop CNC router projects

Quartz countertop CNC projects have wide applications in households, restaurants, hotels, malls, and other public places. Customized countertops or basins are required on many occasions due to different designs.

The stone materials are usually very heavy and it generally takes much time and effort to process them manually. Besides, the processing efficiency is low and the cost is high. However, the emergence of stone CNC machines perfectly solves all the above concerns. In particular, the auto tool changing stone CNC router can realize highly automated processing in whole processes. For instance, hole cutting, milling, edging and polishing.

What can a stone CNC router do for the quartz CNC machine projects?


A stone CNC machining center is able to complete multiple stone machining processes with high accuracy and efficiency. For instance, cutting basin holes, processing water-retaining, milling edges, polishing, making drain slots, plane engraving, etc.

Stone CNC routers with different configurations can achieve distinctive amazing CNC projects of stone. For example, a 5-axis bridge saw cuts decorative stone materials, such as quartz, marble, slate, etc. through the saw blade. It has advanced functions, including arbitrary straight line cutting, chamfering, arc cutting, polygon and irregular shape cutting, milling, edging, and contouring.

Other stone CNC routers can also realize cutting, milling, carving, edging, and other processes needed in stone CNC projects.

What type of stone CNC router for sale can develop quartz countertop CNC projects?


We provide multiple models of stone CNC routers and machining centers. For instance, ATC CNC stone machining center, two-spindle machining center, 5 axis bridge saw, etc. In addition, 3 axis or 4 axis stone CNC routers are also available on our website for you to choose from.
 

It adopts a dedicated CNC router control system that integrates CAD, CAM, and CNC. The man-machine exchange is more friendly. So you can draw directly on the software with little CAD knowledge. Besides, you can start the edging, polishing, and other processes by just filling simple process parameters into the system. Even if you are not a professional programmer, you can hand this machine.

 

Metal CNC projects

Another common processing material for CNC machines is metal, including but not limited to steel, aluminum, copper, and their alloys. CNC routers use CNC tools to process materials, but they are not good at handling metals, especially hard metals. Therefore, we often use other CNC machines to cut metal materials. For example, fiber laser machines, plasma cutters, water-jet, or oxygen fuel cutting machines, etc.

There are many profitable metal CNC machine projects in our daily life and the metalworking industry. Making metal parts, producing vehicles, planes, and equipment, making windows, doors, and fences, all of these can be profitable CNC projects. Furthermore, choosing a suitable metal CNC machine can help you get twice the result with half the effort.

Metal doors and windows


Metal door CNC projects made by Moldova customer using CNC plasma cutter

Metal door CNC projects made by Moldova customer using CNC plasma cutter


Today, we are going to talk about the metal CNC projects of doors, windows, and fences, etc. Production of these products requires less precision and simpler procedures compared with that of precision parts, equipment, vehicles, or aircraft. So it's relatively easy for small metalworking factories to provide metal door and window CNC projects. Metal doors and windows have less deformation, good durability, and high thermal conductivity compared with wooden doors.

What can a metal CNC machine do for metal door CNC projects?


The metal CNC machine can cut, engrave, mark, weld, and clean various metal materials based on different machine models. For instance, steel, stainless steel, carbon steel, copper, aluminum, bronze, galvanized sheets, etc.

What metal CNC machine is used to make metal door CNC projects?


In terms of different processing methods, there are multiple types of metal CNC machines available for metal CNC projects. For example, metal cutting machines, metal marking machines, welding machines, cleaning machines, bending machines, etc.

Here we are gonna talk about the most basic metal cutting machines. Common CNC metal cutting machines include laser cutting machines, plasma cutting machines, water-jet cutting machines, oxygen cutting machines, etc. All these can help you make metal windows and doors.

Today I'll introduce to you a fiber laser cutting machine and a plasma cutting machine. They are the most popular metal cutting machines for our metalworking customers.

Metal Tube and Sheet Fiber Laser Metal Cutting Machine

This metal laser cutter combines metal laser cutting and tube laser cutting functions in one machine. It can cut various metal sheets and tubes into any shape with high efficiency and precision.

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In terms of different processing methods, there are multiple types of metal CNC machines available for metal CNC projects. For example, metal cutting machines, metal marking machines, welding machines, cleaning machines, bending machines, etc.Here we are gonna talk about the most basic metal cutting machines. Common CNC metal cutting machines include laser cutting machines, plasma cutting machines, water-jet cutting machines, oxygen cutting machines, etc. All these can help you make metal windows and doors.Today I'll introduce to you a fiber laser cutting machine and a plasma cutting machine. They are the most popular metal cutting machines for our metalworking customers.


Check the following video to see how our tube and sheet metal cutting machine works.


Compared with the laser cutting machine, the plasma cutting machine is less accurate. However, the plasma cutting machine can cut thicker plates than the laser machine. The plasma cutting machine uses high-temperature and fast-speed plasma arc to melt metal. At the same time, blow away the melted metal with high-speed airflow. It can cut stainless steel, carbon steel, alloy steel, nickel, titanium, aluminum, copper, etc. It is more cost-effective to conduct metal window CNC projects with a CNC plasma cutter.

 

Conclusion

This article only describes 5 CNC projects for beginners of wood, acrylic, stone, and metal materials. All these amazing CNC projects for beginners are very simple and easy to realize. Even if you don't know complex programming or CNC knowledge, it is easy to develop them with a suitable CNC machine.

There are many other CNC machine projects to earn money in life. Before starting a CNC project, you need to observe and think carefully, and conduct some research. If the results are feasible, you can start your work or look for a suitable CNC machine.

We offer many models of CNC machines with different functions. Besides, we can help you to realize many CNC projects. Furthermore, you can tell us about your CNC projects ideas even if you don't know what machine to choose. We have a professional sales team to recommend the machine for you.

It is equipped with a drilling head, an ATC spindle, a special saw blade, and auto labeling, loading, and unloading platforms. So this nesting CNC router machine can complete the labeling, loading, processing, and unloading automatically. Besides, it can also complete the work of drilling, cutting, slotting, and making invisible part slots quickly and precisely.Although the previous investment is relatively high, the automatic nesting CNC router can improve efficiency and increase productivity significantly. So it will bring considerable benefits in the long run.Let's watch the test video of automatic loading and unloading ATC CNC router from an Australian customer. Our client was quite satisfied with our wood CNC machine.Advertising signs and light boards are the most common acrylic CNC projects. With lights of various colors, acrylic signs are a bright decoration at night.Video: demonstration of cutting an acrylic board with an ELE CNC wood router by a Portuguese clientLaser cut acrylic amazing CNC projects are quite common in daily life. The laser acrylic CNC projects are realized by acrylic laser cutters with the CO2 laser source. Laser cuts acrylic materials without physically contacting the material surface. So it won't cause damage or deformation to the acrylic. Besides, an acrylic laser cutter can also engrave or etch acrylic material to produce a frosting effect on the surface.Laser cut acrylic board demonstration is on 0:15s to 0:56s. An acrylic laser cutter is indeed a good CNC machine to carry out acrylic CNC projects.Check the following video to see how our tube and sheet metal cutting machine works.Compared with the laser cutting machine, the plasma cutting machine is less accurate. However, the plasma cutting machine can cut thicker plates than the laser machine. The plasma cutting machine uses high-temperature and fast-speed plasma arc to melt metal. At the same time, blow away the melted metal with high-speed airflow. It can cut stainless steel, carbon steel, alloy steel, nickel, titanium, aluminum, copper, etc. It is more cost-effective to conduct metal window CNC projects with a CNC plasma cutter.

Profitable Industrial CNC Projects, Plans, Ideas, Files

CNC (Computer Numerical Control) machines are extensively used in various industrial applications due to their precision, efficiency, and automation capabilities. They are commonly employed in metalworking for tasks such as milling, drilling, turning, engraving, and cutting, enabling the production of complex parts with high accuracy. Additionally, CNC machines are utilized in woodworking, advertising, clothing, packaging, furniture making, stone machining, foam shaping, and plastics fabrication for creating prototypes, molds, and intricate components. Their ability to run automated processes allows for increased productivity, reduced human error, and the production of highly detailed and repetitive parts across multiple industries, including automotive, electronics, aerospace, shipbuilding, and medical device manufacturing.

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