{"id":15319,"date":"2016-08-21T17:00:16","date_gmt":"2016-08-21T16:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=15319"},"modified":"2016-08-21T11:29:22","modified_gmt":"2016-08-21T10:29:22","slug":"plasma-cnc-machine-uses-a-raspberry-pi-as-its-brains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=15319","title":{"rendered":"Plasma CNC machine uses a Raspberry Pi as its brains"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fvyiYm5A6gg?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Will Baden from Nebraska has developed a plasma CNC machine (which is similar to a regular CNC router but uses plasma) to help him to build and make BIG things. 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