Forge AI
Acoustic AI spindle protection & safety copilot for CNCs
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Forge AI - Acoustic AI spindle protection & safety copilot for CNCs

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Sub-$10 magnetic sensor pod & real-time acoustic AI detecting CNC spindle chatter, deflection, and impending tool breakage in under 30 milliseconds. Reverse-engineered for Weihong NcStudio & modern CNC controllers.

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Hey Product Hunt! 👋 I'm Ali, founder of Ali CNC. I've spent thousands of hours on the workshop floor programming and running production CNC routers. If you've ever worked with CNC milling or routing, you know the sound: a sudden high-frequency squeal, severe harmonic chatter, and a loud SNAP as a carbide bit shatters inside an expensive workpiece. CAM software assumes perfect lab conditions. In reality, material density varies, cutters glaze, and feeds overheat. Legacy industrial monitoring systems cost thousands per spindle, demand invasive cabinet wiring, and lock out 95% of small-to-midsize workshops. We built Forge AI to solve this directly from the shop floor: • Sub-$10 Magnetic Sensor: Snaps right onto the spindle housing with zero machine teardown. • Acoustic Anomaly Detection: Tracks structural tooth-pass frequencies and flags catastrophic deflection in <30ms. • Automatic Feed-Rate Override: Intercepts CNC controller feeds (NcStudio/Weihong/custom) before the tool snaps. We're opening early pilot access for machine shops, makerspaces, and fabricators. Check it out and let me know your thoughts or feedback!