Looking for CNC router designs to cut on you CNC router machine? If you’ve just built or bought your own wood router machine, you must can’t wait to cut or engrave wood to test your router and get your CNC router projects started. This article will show you 20 CNC router designs popular in customers and the basic three steps to develop your own CNC router designs. I hope these CNC router ideas are helpful for your CNC router business.
What are CNC router designs
CNC router designs are the designs, patterns or plans achieved by the CNC router machine. We can also call them CNC router plans or CNC router projects. With CNC router plans, you will know what you want your CNC router to cut or engrave. Before start your CNC router projects, you must come up with some CNC router ideas. If you want your CNC router projects to be profitable, the CNC router designs have to be creative and popular among customers.
The following are 20 best CNC router designs for starting your CNC router business.
20 best CNC router designs
Don’t know what to make with your CNC router machine? Lucky for you, I’ve selected 20 best CNC router designs and hope you can get some inspiration from them.
Coffee table
As one of the most common furniture, almost every family has a coffee table in the living room. Recently, compared with common tea table, the CNC router carved table gains more popularity. Because these CNC wood carving designs have novel style and are more fashionable and energetic. If you have special CNC router ideas, you can customize the table as you wish. That could be profitable CNC projects.
Except for engraving patterns on table surface, you can also cut table surface into irregular forms. And you may also make CNC wood carving designs on table legs. What’s more, you can cut regular or irregular holes on the table surface and splice with other materials, such as glass, epoxy resin, marble, acrylic etc. The splice makes the table more fashionable.
Stool
If you have a coffee table, you must also need some stools. Stools are another common furniture that you can use to create novel CNC router designs. For example, kid step stools and children stools in animal shapes are quite popular in children. If you have good CNC router plans, you can make your special stools. You may engrave patterns, animal or plant images or customers’ family name on the stool surface or legs, or you can make creative stools with strange but firm structure.
Animal bookshelf
Common bookshelves have a single shape, which usually adopt rectangular or square cabinet. While some amazing bookshelf CNC wood cutting designs make the boring bookshelf more energetic. Animal bookshelf is a type of common CNC wood designs, and you can make it a bear, deer, elephant, giraffe etc. as you like. The process method for such CNC wood cutting designs is also relatively simple. Cut the board with your wood CNC machine, splice them and paint colors, and then you get an animal bookshelf.
Wood sign
Wood signs have always been a type of popular CNC router designs. Previously, people used to make wood signs for their shop, factory or family through manual carving. The development of CNC routers makes the wood sign carving more simple and efficient. For example, you can carve your shop name or family name, or a welcome sentence on the wood surface. Or, you can engrave such CNC router patterns as animals, trees, flowers, buildings and mountains. Compared with common signs, these signs are more attractive and will bring more traffic to your shop.
Napkin holder
Napkin holder is also one of the most popular CNC router designs. Because napkin is indispensable in both family and restaurants. Common napkin holders may only require two or three spliced wood boards. But if you have good CNC router ideas, you can customize your own engraving patterns on the napkin holder. For example, you can carve the logo or name of your restaurant, or just some plant or animal images. Such napkin CNC wood carving designs not only enhance the style, but also attracts more customers.
Except for wood materials, such CNC router projects can also adopt stainless steel, acrylic, and plastic and other materials. And except for wood CNC router, the metal napkin holder CNC router designs can also be cut and engraved by metal CNC router, such as laser cutting machine or laser engraving machine.
3D lamp
As a necessary household appliance, lamp designs are constantly evolving. People no longer satisfy traditional lamp designs and prefer more fashionable ones, which meet both illumination demands and aesthetic needs. The 3D lamp CNC router designs have gained more popularity. Since Christmas and New Year is around the corner, 3D Christmas night lamps, like the one in picture, could be great CNC router ideas. It is a type of CNC wood cutting designs, and can be easily cut and engraved with the CNC router machine.
In addition to wood 3D lamps, such designs may also adopt acrylic and other materials. You can choose your favorite CNC router patterns, like animals or sport stars. Engrave a favorite pattern on the acrylic board, connect it to a base with a built-in light, then an acrylic lamp is done. A laser engraving machine can also help to achieve these CNC router designs.
Children wooden Jigsaw puzzle
Are there any CNC router designs for children? Of course. One popular CNC wood design is wooden jigsaw puzzle. It is a quite simple CNC wood cutting designs. You can cut out the designed shape with your wood CNC router based on your CNC router plans. Besides, you can also cut thousands pieces of jigsaw puzzle. These wood CNC router projects are durable in use and also environment friendly. CNC router patterns of the jigsaw puzzle like animals, plants, cartoon characters etc. are very welcome in kids. They can be a good idea for profitable CNC projects.
MDF toy
Another CNC router designs for children is the MDF toys. There are various kinds of toys that you can make with your wood design machine on MDF board. The CNC router machine has characteristics of high precision, and is capable for cutting small-sized shapes, so as to making small and delicate toys. For example, mini kitchen furniture, mini dressing table, bicycle etc. The kids not only have their hands and brain worked out, but also receive joy in the process of splicing MDF toys. When kids no longer playing with these toys, they can be put on the table as a decoration ornaments.
Egg holder
Afraid of the eggs you bought falling down the table and broken? Maybe you need an egg holder. It is one of the practical CNC router designs. The egg holder may adopt may materials, like wood, foam, plastic, hard paper board, stainless steel etc. For simple wooden board egg holder, you many just use your wood CNC router to carve several pits on the board. Those pits can help you fix the eggs.
Apart from the simple egg holder. There are also many creative egg holder CNC router designs. For example, the rooster egg holder as shown in picture can not only hold eggs, but also be ornamental. It adopts stainless steel, which is less susceptible to moisture and rust and durable in use. In addition, kids like these animal patterns. So it may help you solve the problem that your kids don’t like eating eggs. The metallic egg holders can be processed by both wood CNC router and laser CNC machine.
Desk organizer
Desk organizer is a type of CNC wood designs popular in office. It is usually made of wood or MDF board and put on the desk to hold odds and ends, making the desk more tidy and neat. In addition, the desk organizer can lift the computer screen to a certain height. So you don’t have to lower your head when you work, which protects your cervical spine. Except for big desk organizers, you can also make some smaller ones, such as pen holder. These small CNC router designs can also help tidy up your desk.
World map
Wooden world map wall artwork is a type of CNC wood caving designs with large dimension. You have to engrave the world map in proportion on a large wooden board. Such CNC router projects are mainly hung on the wall as decorations. Apart from the world map engraving patterns showed in the picture, you can also use a wood CNC router or a laser CNC machine to cut out the continent shaped wood boards. Then you can splice these wood boards on the wall to form a complete world map.
Key hanger
Key hanger is a type of very practical CNC router designs. It is hung on the wall at the hallway for hanging door keys, car keys and holding small stuff. So you don’t get bothered for looking for your keys everywhere. Such CNC router designs usually adopt wood, MDF, metal, and acrylic as well. So except for wood CNC router, you may also use metal CNC router or even laser CNC machine to complete the designs. Besides, you can customize the CNC router patterns, such as engrave your favorite sport star’s name or a welcome sentence. Such CNC router projects are both beautiful and practical.
Photo frame
As the development of smart phones and digital albums, many people tend to save photos in an electronic way. But there are still many people who like placing printed photos in a beautiful photo frames. It’s more convenient. So creative photo frame CNC router designs will be a good choice for your CNC router business. When you have awesome CNC router ideas about photo frames, you can use the wood design machine to cut the shape that you want. Photo frames with the theme of cartoon characters, animals, flowers etc. are quite popular for children’s photos.
Knife holder
If you like cooking, you must have several knives. They may have different purposes, like cutting raw meat, cooked food, peeling fruit etc. So where do you put all these knives? Maybe you need a creative knife holder. The knife holder CNC wood cutting designs, like the one in the picture, are novel in style and at the same time practical. The CNC router ideas come from a soldier holding a shield. There are several holes on the shield. The knives can insert into these holes. Such CNC router projects are quite creative and interesting. These knife holder wood designs can be achieved by both wood CNC router and laser cutting machine.
Fish shape service tray
The fish shape tray is also one of the most popular CNC router designs. It is a wooden tray that is used to hold snacks, fruits, tea pot, glass etc. You may also cut several smaller trays by your wood CNC router to fit into the big tray. The smaller trays can be used to hold different stuff. It’s more convenient and healthy. Putting such CNC wood cutting designs in your living room or your restaurant is very attractive to your guests.
Except for the fish shape, if you get other CNC router ideas, you can make unique service trays with your CNC router machine. You may also adopt other materials, such as stainless steel, plastic, etc.
Wall clock
As an indispensable supply in life, wall clocks have become a type of popular CNC router designs. A creative clock can decorate your wall and give you a fresh mood. The clock CNC wood carving designs in the picture can be easily accomplished. Except for the numbers and dots, you may also engrave you family name or other letters. The clock CNC router projects can also adopt other materials and irregular shapes, and can also be cut with a laser cutting machine.
Holiday desk and hanging ornament
All people like holidays, so holiday hanging ornaments and decorations have always been popular CNC router designs. Making some ornaments with you CNC router machine before holidays will surely bring you some profits to your CNC router business. For example, it’s going to be Christmas and New Year. Western people tend to make some decorations to celebrate the holidays, such as CNC cut Christmas tree, reindeer, hanging bells and snowflakes etc. All these are common and popular CNC router designs for Christmas.
Except for wood and MDF board, the ornaments can also adopt acrylic, plastic, metal and other materials. The hanging snowflakes cut by our laser cutting machine have smooth edges and delicate style. Combined with the transparent features of acrylic material, the snowflakes become the most popular CNC router projects for Christmas.
Engraved stone souvenir
Stone can also be used to develop CNC router designs, such as the engraved stone souvenirs. Due to the special feature of stone that can be stored for a very long time, people use stone as souvenirs of eternity. The engraved stone CNC router projects adopt small and round cobble as raw material, and engrave letters or patterns on the stone surface. For instance, you can engrave a sentence of confession showing your love for the loved ones. Or, you can engrave a pair of feet and a date to memorize the birth date of your kid, or engrave the initials of you and your spouse to memorize your wedding day. Such CNC router patterns can be engraved by stone CNC router and laser engraving machine as well.
Cake topper
Cake topper is a kind of CNC router designs for cake decoration. It is usually with light weight and small dimension. It has a long handle to insert into the cake. There are many optional patterns, such as number cake topper for birthday cake, couple cake topper for wedding cake etc. Since such CNC router designs are often used only for one time, they are mainly made of paper or plastic material. Both wood CNC router and laser cutting machine are able to complete such CNC router projects.
Scrabble letters
Scrabble letters belong to a type of game CNC wood cutting designs. They are small square wooden pieces with letters and numbers on them. Both adults and kids like playing scrabble game with these letter designs. Parents also use these CNC router designs to teach their kid to spell words. Making of such scrabble letters is relatively simple. You’ll just need to engrave letters and numbers on a big wood board and cut it into small square pieces by your wood CNC machine.
After seeing so many novel and simple CNC router designs, do you feel eager to try them out by yourself? The following part lists three steps to develop CNC router designs.
3 steps to develop CNC router designs
Basically speaking, to develop CNC router designs requires three steps, i.e. input, process and output. These three steps correspond to three parts of equipment: computer, controller and CNC router machine.
Step1: Input
For input, the computer is used to turn your CNC router ideas into a design drawing through some computer aided design software. However, the design is only a file and the CNC router machine cannot understand the file. So the computer software must also transmit the file into a controller or control system. Therefore, for the first step, you have to come up with some CNC router patterns and use the computer CAD software to turn your CNC router plans into a design file.
Step2: Process
For process, the controller receives the file information transmitted from the computer and converts it into power signals (pulse strings) that can drive a stepper motor or a servo motor. This process is completed automatically if your computer is connected to the controller of your wood CNC router or laser CNC machine.
Step3: Output
For output, the signals from the controller control the CNC router machine to cut or engrave. It will tell the axes of the CNC router machine where to move. The signals also control the speed for the cutting tool to move. This process is also completed automatically. You just need to monitor the process for fear of any emergency.
Conclusion
If you’ve noticed, the three steps to develop your CNC router projects are quite simple because of high automation of CNC router machine. If you are a beginner, you can start your business from some simple CNC wood cutting designs, such as scrabble letters or jigsaw puzzle.
As long as you get amazing CNC router ideas, you can turn them into profitable CNC projects for your business. And if you are looking for a suitable machine to start your CNC router business, Blue Elephant could be a good choice.
