shapeoko from myhobby-cnc.de
Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2014 9:11 am
hello all,
this is my first post here. my name is michael, 44 years old, live in germany. i was looking for a affordable cnc and i think with shapeoko i found the right thing.
unfortunatedly i have to report negative things in my first post. i do that to inform others that they dont do the same mistake as i did.
since the makerslide profiles were sold out before christmas, and i wanted to build the cnc during my christmas holiday, i ordered an expanded version 100 x 75cm not from eshapeoko as i first wanted to but from myhobby-cnc.de in germany. he had everything on stock.
the shapeoko2 set was not officially launched in his shop, but he offered one. it is not the original shapeoko2, it is an "improved version" as the seller stated.
the set came after a few days. there was no manual at all, nor any fotographs sent, nor any explanation. so i used the original shapeoko2 manual.
it started with 2 missing ball bearings. after putting together the x axis i found out the distance from one side to the other is to narrow to fit in the double x rails. later the seller said i should have put 3 washers! to the metal distance tubes. i dissembled, looked for 6 nuts with same hight measurements and it worked. in literally everystep of the assembling was something that went wrong: screws too short, missing screws, design changes that did not look so well....
the eccentric nuts have no screw thread, still the old version, so much harder to adjust. the z axis makerslide profile is just 200mm long, so when you change the z axis design to the eshapeoko version you miss 5 cm. there are no belt tensioners, the belt just gets holded by a simple screw, see attached photo. but it is very hard to get to the motor screws to tighten the belt. in the eshapeoko set you have support for the longer y axis, in this set you have not.
i really like the shapeoko2 but i cannot recommend that set from germany at all. too many missing parts, very cheap solutions like the washers for x axis and the belt system. i had the expression the seller wants to save every penny. the price was 383€ for the bigger set, so not very cheap in particular. there were no insertion nuts to attach the y axis metals to the 20x20 extrusion. he recommended to use the shcs screws with a round head to put inside the profile and put the nut outside.
good old days when germany was a land of engineers
i am still waiting for the missing parts...
attached are some photos,
michael
this is my first post here. my name is michael, 44 years old, live in germany. i was looking for a affordable cnc and i think with shapeoko i found the right thing.
unfortunatedly i have to report negative things in my first post. i do that to inform others that they dont do the same mistake as i did.
since the makerslide profiles were sold out before christmas, and i wanted to build the cnc during my christmas holiday, i ordered an expanded version 100 x 75cm not from eshapeoko as i first wanted to but from myhobby-cnc.de in germany. he had everything on stock.
the shapeoko2 set was not officially launched in his shop, but he offered one. it is not the original shapeoko2, it is an "improved version" as the seller stated.
the set came after a few days. there was no manual at all, nor any fotographs sent, nor any explanation. so i used the original shapeoko2 manual.
it started with 2 missing ball bearings. after putting together the x axis i found out the distance from one side to the other is to narrow to fit in the double x rails. later the seller said i should have put 3 washers! to the metal distance tubes. i dissembled, looked for 6 nuts with same hight measurements and it worked. in literally everystep of the assembling was something that went wrong: screws too short, missing screws, design changes that did not look so well....
the eccentric nuts have no screw thread, still the old version, so much harder to adjust. the z axis makerslide profile is just 200mm long, so when you change the z axis design to the eshapeoko version you miss 5 cm. there are no belt tensioners, the belt just gets holded by a simple screw, see attached photo. but it is very hard to get to the motor screws to tighten the belt. in the eshapeoko set you have support for the longer y axis, in this set you have not.
i really like the shapeoko2 but i cannot recommend that set from germany at all. too many missing parts, very cheap solutions like the washers for x axis and the belt system. i had the expression the seller wants to save every penny. the price was 383€ for the bigger set, so not very cheap in particular. there were no insertion nuts to attach the y axis metals to the 20x20 extrusion. he recommended to use the shcs screws with a round head to put inside the profile and put the nut outside.
good old days when germany was a land of engineers

i am still waiting for the missing parts...
attached are some photos,
michael