I added side curtains to my Y Carriage today and also I used the heat gun to form a more focused nozzle for my dust collector pickup. This combination offers reasonably efficient dust collection when...
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I added side curtains to my Y Carriage today and also I used the heat gun to form a more focused nozzle for my dust collector pickup. This combination offers reasonably efficient dust collection when...
Bruce the pressure foot is awesome and absolutely necessary for cutting thin material without a vacuum table, it all but eliminates material lift on upcut carbide tools. I use it mostly for cutting...
Stan, That's a serious large digitizer, definitely makes the little 30"x 36" GTCO Rollup II I just acquired look small. Now I just have to get this thing working with one of my CAD programs to...
To my knowledge a neutral should never be bonded to ground anywhere except at the main panel. All subsequent sub panels and outlets should maintain isolation between the two.
Well I ran the SHOPBOT today for the first time with my upgraded dust collector and also the new added Y carriage dust curtains. I am very pleased with the results both from the dust collector and...
To my highly evolved and modest mind, CNC is the simple way to make stuff. It can do things I couldn't even dream of doing with my own hands which are much less advanced than my mind ;-)
Gerald
The chain was what I had hand but I will keep an eye on it and if wear becomes evident I will sew a small vinyl sheath over it. The chain is very smooth with welded links so no sharp edges so...
Bruce,
I installed a spring support much like yours and also performed a motion test to the 4 corner limits of my SHOPBOT, seems to work good. The spring support was a definite plus. I posted a...
Good Idea Bruce..............I suspect I will need same sort of thing on the flexi hose to keep it up out of the way and not snagging on the Z axis of the SHOPBOT but won't know for sure until I...
Installed some metal ductwork today to get the "Suck" over to the router. Hoping the short length of 4" flexible hosing will cover the complete table without snagging but may have to relocate my...
I forgot to mention that I also added a wireless remote control system onto the motor for ease of operation! That may be my favorite feature for years to come!
Gerald
Dust collection has always been a shortcoming of my CNC router set-up and I recently undertook to make some drastic improvements. I have an older DELTA 50-181 dust collector that sat on a 55 gallon...
well it seems a lot of money for a relatively small machine. I suspect the lack of Z travel will definately be an issue at some point if you decide to start doing 3d carving in lets say 2" foam,...