Carvera Air 桌上型CNC工具機

As one of the first 200 backers for the Carvera Air, I unfortunately received a unit that had some issues. It was dented on one side, had the head of one of the screws broken off in one of the panels, and arrived with some parts rattling around in the box like the tool setter that must have come loose during shipping. This had me quite concerned, as this was the largest Kickstarter purchase I've ever made and I wasn't sure what the customer service from Makera was like.

All I can say is that they greatly exceeded my expectations!!! The customer service was excellent and they had a new unit to me within about ten days. The second machine has performed flawlessly and any misgivings I may have had were done away with entirely. I have complete faith in the company and am eagerly looking forward to the release of their upcoming dust collection accessory for the Carvera Air. With the number of units they had from the Kickstarter, one or two were bound to get messed up, so it was a huge relief that they made everything right so quickly.

If you're on the fence or apprehensive because this is your first CNC machine, don't be. The tutorials for MakeraCAM are short and easy to follow, and it doesn't take much of a leap to use other CAM software like Fusion360. I had no CAM experience at all, but was machining parts I've designed within the first night of watching tutorials. Take the plunge. You won't regret it!

I backed the project on KS with hopes that the machine would prove useful as a gateway to CNC world for my students at the university and so far it has been fulfilling or exceeding expectations. I am particularly happy about the apparent care and attention to detail which went into the supporting materials, manuals, tutorial videos and such. One of our students, first time touching any CNC was able to succesfully fabricate a double sided PCB with solder mask entirely by himself and there were no major hickups in the suggested workflow. I am yet to experiment with cutting aluminium and trying true 3D toolpaths but I can already tell that in terms of build quality and functionality, Carvera AIR is a great product!

When 3D printers first started to come to the market they were big, expensive and complex to use. Now anyone can get into 3D printer.

The Carvera Air is like the turn point for the CNC machines. It is smaller, reasonable priced and very easy to use. I have a 4'x4' CNC machine from another company and it works great for large projects. I will be using the Carvera Air for making smaller more complex parts. The enclosed cabinet keep the spindle quiet as well as keep the depris contained within.

The ability to easily create PCB (Printed Circuit Boards) is great for prototyping at home, as you can make small changes to get things just right.

I plan on using it to create parts for RC cars but I have not got to that yet, but should be relatively easy to use as I can use the same deisgn software from 3D printing.

I'm really happy with my Carvera Air, it just works and I started milling some ABS plastic and aluminium. This will be really great for my different projects that I have. I think the only downside is the documentation that comes with the machine, that could use some improvement. The Youtube videos that Makera makes however are great.

First time cnc user, and this machine has been a bit of learning curve, but very useful if you have the patience to learn. The most difficult part for me was learning to use CAM. This is NOT like using a 3D printer slicer, it is much more involved. Id recommend learning Fusion 360 and not using Makera Cam until it is improved (Im writing this July 2026) other than that id say this is the best desktop cnc to buy at this time.
The photo shows a cnc plasma table I designed and machined all the aluminum pieces using the Carvera Air