The Shapeoko Forum

A few years ago I built my eldest daughter a jewelry box for her 9th birthday and posted it here , so I figured I'd do the same for daughter #2 (who also just turned 9). This time I started with a design that I found on the Vectric forums , though modified a bit. Daughter 1 got a maple box with waln...

Could be a lot of different things, though I wonder if your v-bit is actually 30 degrees. If it's off a little you'd be overcutting the male and undercutting the female (or vice versa). And since v-carve inlays are so forgiving of tolerance, it makes sense that you'd only see it in the corners. In t...

You don't need 48V for those motors, but they'll be stronger if you do. It's the amperage you need to think about. Your current PSU is probably fine, but 10 amps may be pushing it. Assuming those ratings are correct, you're looking at 10.1 amps. I'd probably substitute for a 12 or 15 amp PSU (and if...

I ran into the same issue over the winter. I was 3 hours into 3d carve when I screwed something up (don't remember exactly, but I paused the program and somehow ended losing my home.) However, after 5 minutes of utter despair, I rehomed the machine and realized that linuxcnc keeps your offsets. I ha...

That's an interesting project and turned out pretty well, but I gotta be honest, you should really scale back some of the language on your page. Professionally speaking, it's really not a good idea to slam your former boss like that (especially if you're going to display his name so prominently!). E...

Are you zeroing your Z using the bed or the top of the work surface?

Do you have limit switches installed? If so they might be tripping due to mechanical or electrical issues. Otherwise, a loose wire could be your issue. Based on your (admittedly limited) description, my bet is vibration causing a momentary disconnect due to a loose connection somewhere. However, you...

I meant to post this prior to Christmas, but I just didn't get around to it. Oh well, maybe someone can make use of it for next year. Anyway, I'd seen similar designs floating around the interwebs, but I couldn't locate any CAD files to machine it. So this is my attempt at it using half inch stock (...

If you follow the link in my first post, the project files are freely available. However, you must have a Vectric software for it to work.

I finally got around to completing the Christmas Wreath project from Vectric . Pine, 1/4" roughing, 1/8" BN finishing at 7.5% stepover. Total machining time with bit changes approx. 9 hrs for the wreath and 3 hrs for the bow. Then minor sanding (defuzzing in some spots, but at 7.5% stepover there wa...