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Not a pixel texture, but here's one way to do a wood texture:

https://wiki.shapeoko.com/index.php/Cre ... tic_letter

Carbide Create?

The free mode should do everything MakerCAM did (and more!) (except for the drill operation).

https://carbide3d.com/carbidecreate/

There are two options for textures in Carbide Create: - the toolpath option - the 3D modeling pixel image texture option For the latter you need a greyscale image --- there should be one at: https://community.carbide3d.com/t/carbide-create-pro-wavy-flag/16974 --- the former should "just work", just ...

Very sorry to hear about this difficulty. The docs are on-line: https://docs.carbide3d.com/ and you may find https://shapeokoenthusiasts.gitbook.io/shapeoko-cnc-a-to-z/ of interest If you'll e-mail us at support@carbide3d.com we can send you a PDF of the assembly manual and will do our best to help ...

Please see:

https://wiki.shapeoko.com/index.php/Operating_Checklist

Recent betas have added an "Advanced V carving" feature which directly supports this for folks who have a BitSetter or are able to do toolchanges in a single file: http://carbide3d.com/carbidecreate/beta/ For a manual work-around see: https://wiki.shapeoko.com/index.php/Carbide_Create_Basics#Clearin...

I believe that's a compile time option in Grbl.

1 - It's my understanding the power supply provides sufficient voltage to run the NEMA23 motors --- they're more efficient due to the larger diameter which is the big advantage, so should work well. 2 - yes, the threaded rod on the Z-axis has much better mechanical advantage, and the Z-axis has to m...

I provided that above with a link to where I got them from.

I'm afraid that if you want to change the defaults, that currently requires that one uses the MDI to set them as one would when calibrating for belt stretch:

https://docs.carbide3d.com/shapeoko-faq ... t-stretch/