The Shapeoko Forum

Sorry folks but the Kickstarter project was cancelled. They did not have their act together and finally realized it. They said that they will be back after revamping their plans.

Bob

Will - as a suggestion use PLA plastic as it does not require a heated bed. Also it is processed at a lower temp than ABS.

Bob

Here is a KickStarter project for a software tool that will allow you to design in 3D without a keyboard and mouse. 3D in full immersion design. A software only package is $95.00 and if you need wireless controllers the total price is $295.00. Anyone purchasing in the KickStarter project will have l...

Sorry but you need new Stepper Motor driver board. With adding an extruder you do not have a stepper motor driver for it. You might want to look at a RAMPS 1.4 board as it will support a total of 5 stepper motor drivers. For the ShapeOko you need 3 stepper drivers plus 1 for the extruder. Also you m...

My only challenge is do I eat my ammunition or shoot it.

Bob

Found the company that made the chisel roll. www.visionknit.com

Bob

Will get your son one because that was who they originally designed them for. Then also get one for your self. I now have 10 Raspberry Pi's and use them for all kinds of stuff. Like running my ShapeOko, my 3d printer, my new 4x4 cnc router system and also my new 4x4 cnc plasma cutter just like Bart ...

Add a Raspberry Pi camera they are only $25.00 and you can look at your machine anytime.

Bob

Here is a video from YouTube of another linear movement for the ShapeOko. It is a belt and pinion system that works with OpenBuilds V-Slot extrusions. They have 20x20 thru 20X80 extrusions. They also have all the pieces to build any size CNC machine from 500x500 to 1500x1500. These can all be built ...

Here are the instructions to install xrdp. Which is X based remote desktop that you can connect to from a Windows box.

http://elinux.org/RPi_XRDP_Server

Bob Teeter