About Us
About makeCNC
Where Imagination Meets Technology, and Great Ideas Become Real Creations.
Welcome to makeCNC
We’re Paul and Julie Campbell, the founders of makeCNC.
More than 15 years ago, we started makeCNC with a simple idea: to help people turn their imagination into something they could actually build.
What began as a passion for creating high-quality digital patterns has grown into something much bigger — a world of creative possibilities combining digital design, computer-controlled machinery, practical education, and innovative software.
Today, makeCNC brings together our extensive pattern library and our growing makeCNC Workshops software ecosystem, giving hobbyists, craftspeople, designers, educators, and small businesses the tools to create extraordinary things.
And we’re only getting started.
Our Story — Over 15 Years of Creativity and Innovation
For us, makeCNC has always been more than a business. It’s been a way of life.
Our journey began with a fascination for the incredible things people could create using scroll saws, CNC routers, laser cutters, and other precision tools.
We recognized something important: technology was making increasingly sophisticated creative tools available to ordinary people, but finding quality designs and learning how to use those tools wasn’t always easy.
We wanted to change that.
Over the years, we’ve dedicated countless hours to developing, collecting, refining, and supporting an enormous variety of digital patterns and projects.
From intricate wooden puzzles and scale models to decorative artwork, mechanical creations, and educational projects, our library has grown to include more than 1,500 patterns, with designs for a wide range of machines, materials, and skill levels.
Through changing technology, new equipment, and evolving creative possibilities, one thing has remained constant: our belief that the joy of making something with your own hands should be accessible to everyone.
More Than Patterns — Introducing makeCNC Workshops
As digital fabrication technology evolved, so did our vision.
We realized that providing great patterns was only part of what people needed.
What if someone could take an existing design, modify it, create entirely new parts, explore how everything fits together, and prepare their work for production — all without having to master a collection of expensive, complicated software packages?
That vision is behind makeCNC Workshops.
We’re developing an integrated family of creative design tools built around the real needs of people using CNC routers, laser cutters, scroll saws, and other computer-controlled equipment.
Our aim is to make sophisticated design capabilities approachable, practical, and enjoyable.
Whether you’re creating a 3D wooden puzzle, designing a mechanical assembly, building a miniature structure, experimenting with moving mechanisms, or developing something entirely original, we want makeCNC Workshops to help you move from imagination to finished creation.
Design it. Build it. Learn from it. Make it your own.
Our Mission — Making Creative Technology Accessible to Everyone
We believe the future of creative craftsmanship lies in bringing traditional skills together with modern technology.
Computer-controlled tools, digital fabrication, robotics, and increasingly intelligent software are opening extraordinary new doors for independent creators.
But technology should empower creativity, not stand in its way.
Our mission is to make these tools and techniques more accessible through three things:
Amazing Patterns
An ever-growing collection of creative, practical, and inspiring digital designs for CNC routing, laser cutting, scroll sawing, and other forms of fabrication.
Innovative Software
Purpose-built design and construction tools that help people create, customize, visualize, and prepare projects without unnecessary complexity.
Real Education
Clear tutorials, demonstrations, practical workshops, and project-based learning that help beginners develop confidence and experienced builders discover new possibilities.
Together, these are the foundations of the makeCNC ecosystem.
Built for the Curious, the Creative, and the Inventive
You don’t need to be a professional engineer to have a brilliant idea.
You might be a retired hobbyist exploring laser cutting for the first time, a parent building a model with your children, a teacher introducing students to mechanical design, or a small business owner developing products to sell.
You might love woodworking, model railways, automata, 3D puzzles, robotics, architecture, mechanical inventions, or simply the satisfaction of making something wonderful.
Whatever brings you here, we want you to feel at home.
At makeCNC, we believe curiosity is more important than credentials, imagination is more valuable than expensive equipment, and learning should be part of the fun.
A Family Business with a Worldwide Vision
Although technology sits at the heart of what we do, makeCNC remains a family-founded business with a very human philosophy.
We’re not interested in making creativity more complicated than it needs to be.
We believe in useful tools, good designs, fair value, honest support, and treating our customers as fellow creators.
Paul’s lifelong interests in music, engineering, technology, and the creative arts have helped shape makeCNC’s direction, while our shared commitment to the business has kept that vision moving forward for more than 15 years.
We’re proud of what we’ve built together, and we’re excited about what comes next.
Our ambition is to help build a worldwide community where people can discover ideas, learn new skills, share knowledge, and create things they once thought were beyond their abilities.
The Next Chapter Starts Here
The world of digital fabrication is changing rapidly.
New tools, new materials, artificial intelligence, and advances in computer-controlled machinery are making things possible today that once required entire workshops full of specialized equipment.
We intend to keep exploring those possibilities — and making them useful to everyday creators.
Our pattern library provides inspiration and proven starting points. Our Workshops software opens the door to original designs and customization. Our educational resources will help bring those creations to life.
For us, the goal isn’t simply to sell another pattern or another piece of software.
It’s to give people the confidence, knowledge, and creative freedom to build something extraordinary.
Thank you for being part of our journey.
Whether you’ve been with us for years or you’ve only just discovered makeCNC, we’re delighted you’re here.
Welcome to makeCNC.
Imagine it. Design it. Build it.
Paul & Julie Campbell
Founders, makeCNC & makeCNC Workshops