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I also added a touch plate for easy z setting.

Its pretty cool, i cant wait to get cutting. I love the extra weight it adds to the machine. Less sliding around on the table and seems more sturdy.

No issues so far. Was cutting alum with it and it didn't get too hot. Ive heard other people claiming the same thing, guess i got lucky. Going to cut some small blanks of lexan out of some bigger sheets at work once the $25k spindle gets back from being rebuilt.

Thanks

Drew up this plate and cut it on my massive router at work out of 3/8 6061 t6 alum. Tapped all the holes with a drill and bought some M6 clamps from inventables. I also added 2 support braces on the underside to stiffen up the gantry and also provide extra support for the table. Also just finished p...

I use it and vcarve pro. They have a ton of training videos on their website. http://support.vectric.com/training-material/cut2d

Someone needs this.. Dont make me build another larger CNC router.. I need a laser

I have a rev8 g540 for sale with the RPC interface board(12v dual relay) that im thinking about selling. Looking for 250$ shipped OBO. Both are in good working condition. Needed up upgrade to a new controller that would allow 1/2 microstepping. I can provide pics upon request but it looks like every...

The air hose should keep things from getting gummed up. I don't like manual applications of coolant and they can be inconsistent and provide thermal shock to the tool which weakens it. Check out little machine shop as they sell a small simple mist coolant setup ($35 IIRC) that you can run as an air ...

After working with it as it is, I don't know if it would be practical for it to be the only holding method. I do think that it might work well at keeping my working material that have bows in it flat against the waste board so my depth cuts will be more accurate. Depending on the holding force it c...