The Shapeoko Forum

As you can see in the kit It comes with a VFD controller and you have to program it to work with the spindle. I’ve have read several posts regarding programming the VFD where people have said it was too complicated so I was worried but once I had a chance with it I found it really wasn’t that hard t...

I’ve forgot about the weight of the new spindle it’s heavier than the Dewalt so I did had to add spring to the Z axis. So far so good the springs seem to work out just fine for now

No modification but I had to use the shim that was meant for the makita, as for the collets I ordered imperial sizes for it .

Jeff
It is hooked up and I did had some time to cut a few things with it and it is “Really Quite” .
I bought it for the obvious reason “noise” and of course curiosity. I have two younger kids my daughter still taking knaps in the afternoon so noise is important for me.

I’ll definitely have to get with you sometime as I am still trying to figure things out. I got the spindle off Amazon

Oh... and also I just got the touch pad but haven’t had time to mess with it yet since I’ve been traveling.

Hi Jeff
I’m in Dublin. I got the shapeoko up and running have cut a few things still learnings I’ve recently bought a new 1.5k spindle for it because I need something with less noise, so far I’m loving the upgrade.

Starting assembly today, so far so good....

Hi Jeff,
Good to hear that there are people in town to bounce ideas and questions. I am very new at CNC so I will be asking a lot of questions.