Harnessing the Power of the SlabMaster. There is no better machine for surfacing timber slabs from rough-cut surfaces down to the finest sanding grits. We have workshops actually surfacing stone! SlabMasters, like all Selective Engineering machines are not just off-the-shelf products. Each machine is custom made to reflect the needs of our customers within the […]
The Torque Work Centre from Selective Engineering is the woodworker's dream machine. This photo gallery has been taken from the video on our website Home page so you can review the many features of the machine at your own pace. The Torque Work Centre has been designed to meet the many and varied needs of […]
Overview: Keith Yarker began with the development of the Routermaster in the late 1980’s and went into production in 1989. He noticed people were modifying the Routermaster to machine timber slabs and it wasn’t long before Keith started work on designing a machine specialized for levelling slabs. In the early 1990’s he produced his first […]
Over the years Selective Engineering Pty Ltd (YAS Engineering Pty Ltd) has sold Torque Work Centres, SlabMasters and RouterMasters to a variety of countries world wide. Some of these machines are owned by private hobbyists, others are installed in commercial enterprises. If you own one of our machines and would like to list your location […]
I visited the Fab Slabs workshop a few days ago and they had the sign almost finished that we did on the YAS CNC Router in the last video.
Welcome to another CNC router video. This project tackles a 1.5 metre slab on a 900 mm bed. Actually, it's even smaller than that.
It all started out as a motley piece of red cedar but the slab cleaned up quite nicely even though the borers had been busy some time back in the sap wood. The 55 mm surfacing bit on the Torque Work Centre did most of the surfacing work
For the Fairy Carriage 3D puzzle project we used 6.0 mm MDF. This means that we were able to use a 3.0 mm tooling bit. The big advantage of this is
3D puzzles are popular projects for CNC routing. This short video is designed to open the door just a little on this interesting field of routing.
There are literally hundreds, maybe thousands, of designs out there
Yes, there's another story behind the trophies for the Mudjimba Board Riders.
Max works next-door to the YAS Engineering workshop and asked us to engrave the aluminium insignia for the belt trophies, the Clash of the Groms.
Congratulations to the winners of the surf carnival held at Mudjimba Beach June 7 2014, organised by the Mudjimba Board Riders and Lifeproof group.
I originally started writing this text as a script for the attached video. However, I think the information is more useful in written form. The video concentrates on a simple CNC project in the design software. Hopefully it will inspire you to try out the software and
When we published the video, "YAS CNC Is Coming!" a day or two back, Mark Paneros recognised his YAS CNC router in the pictures and sent us this review about his machine. Thank you Mark
Congratulations to the Alexandra Hills Men's Shed team for a job well done. Under the leadership of their president, Matt Stevenson, the team have been busy for many months bringing the building up to scratch. Leased from
Feedback from the hundreds of RouterMaster owners all over Australia and overseas proves the versatility of this machine in a variety of workshops. The ingenious design