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If you saw an ad for some item and the description consisted of five words and no pictures, how much interest would that generate for you? I...

If different points of the machine are grounded to different rods, then you have a problem. If all the points on the machine and the electrical box...

If you add a ground rod, doesn't that introduce a second ground point? Is not the building electrical system ground functional? Adding one is...

The key point in avoiding issues with grounding is to ground everything to a single point, like in one rod.

Another limestone piece: 15.5x22

Love your comment. Don't know about the machine but I sure get bored. It does get other things to cut besides these. I come from a career in...

That's a lot of circles. Naturally the CnC machine is getting bored and drawing outside the lines; give it a more complex shape now and then to keep...

nesting has always been a bit strange when parts overlap. it used to not work at all. that made things a pain. like when you had parts with dados and...

Just one word of warning, to may ground wires can cause a ground loop which will cause a whole lot of problems for you. Best to check the ShopBot...

I think that Aspire thinks it is ok to put those letters on top of one another

I have a 2013 PRS Alpha and before I went insane with the grounding, I would get occasional weirdness out of the machine. Typically on dry days or...

Thank you all for responding. I did move the letters where they didn't touch each other, and the nesting worked. But I can’t see why it would stack...

pro70z28 If you use an airgun to blast air around the switch/speed control, you may find the switch is bound up with saw dust. If so, it's a...

That's what my PRT Alpha sounded like. The motors are stepper motors and what you hear is the impulse of each step. Sometimes the sound can be...

Hello Chris. Everything sounded like what I hear on my PRT alpha, except the kind of flute sound in the 30 to 33 second region. I have never heard...

Nah, With my science/computer background I know it's not silly and overkill. Actually I am a bit surprised that, in 5 years, there has not been the...

I was getting the exact same thing when I tried that CRV until I split the letters that were over lapping.

Thanks for the .crv Jimmy. Unfortunately I'm using Shopbot Edition VCP9, and patiently waiting for the VCP9.5*** upgrade, which isn't out yet....

I'm guessing this is probably the root of your problem. The amount of static electricity generated by the machine is too much to rely on the ground...

How much Z travel does this have. Interested.

I should have stated that at install, a new 220 line was run by an electrician from the shop sub-panel. The sub-panel is a drop off the main house...

By 'same location' I mean the same relative position of the cut on each piece as in the images. No dust hose on the machine. :( Dust is blown...

Sadly (and embarrassingly) I have not done anything along those lines. Bought it used 5 years ago and set it up as the previous and original owner...

From your pictures and descriptions you are losing or gaining steps. You say it always happens in one location. What is happening at that location?...

I'm curious about how you've grounded your machine? Do you have a dedicated grounding rod? Are you grounding every moving part separately? Is your...

Never buy Chinese bearings, period. Any brand of USA or Japanese bearings will be top quality.