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Phil,

A couple of things -- just to review how rotary file posting works in Vectric software. The design that you've created will appear as a 2D drawing that would normally be cut with X, Y...

I was recently working on some projects with people who prefer metric. As an inches person I kept getting screwed up having to switch posts when I was working on my stuff vs. their stuff. I wanted to...

Chuck,

The M5 x 0.8 is pretty typical in metric stuff -- it is also just about a perfect match to a 10-32 (good thing to remember when you're in a pinch and don't have any metric screws!) -- the...

Those look to be M5 set screws -- 0.96" is a little under 2.5mm -- and a 2.5mm allen key should fit an M5 -- snapping a measurement from the photo you posted seems to agree. I'm not sure why the set...

Hey Jim,

I've been busy with Handibot connectivity stuff this week...which is actually going really well! But to your question--I'm of the opinion that even if new control software is only 6...

Scott,

The current Gantry tool still uses V-Rails for the X Axis. The greatest benefit from implementing linear rails was seen in the gantry and z axis--so that was what we chose to focus on....

Also some extra clarification for Jr Lee's question about SBLink--part of the deal that with Thermwood was that SBLink would only work with SB Control boxes that were sold with SB tools. If you're...

It'd be around $4600 plus shipping.

The new gantry (with ground linear rails/bearings instead of V-wheels) is available as an upgrade to your tool. You'd receive a new gantry and new YZ car. It would drop onto the table that you...

So Jr Lee--Just confirmed that the ShopBot Link is definitely a Windows/SB3 thing.

Ron--I'm doing my rounds this week to get more full information about the development schedule on FabMo. The...

I have not personally used eCabinets--but from everything I am reading about the ShopBot Link right now--it looks like it outputs directly to the ShopBot control software--similar to the options in...

Date for comm issue fix--I will need to have a conversation with Sturmer if I'm going to try to provide a date, I know what he is working on and which obstacles he has to overcome, but I can't put a...

So, Brady, you’ve got questions, you don’t want to be left in the dark. I can answer questions—I’m not clear on your vision of how ShopBot is arranged as an organization—but even the guy who works on...

Brady and Gary,

I think you've missed what I've been trying to say in the last few posts--the "kids" are the people at ShopBot who are developing the new tools and the new software. We've been...

Plus--leaving the chips nowhere to go will ensure that your hole diameter wont be accurate. Does the hole have to be exactly 1/4" or could it be oversized?

Handibot ………...

Jim,

I can give you my opinion--I sometimes think mine is meaningful! Based on my experience with Handibots running FabMo, the new control software--the new control system will not be reliable...

That’s exactly how it works on the handibot right now. You send the job and once it is started you could turn off your laptop, pack up and go home and the tool would still be able to run the job. The...

Gary,

I'd say that the last three years for me personally have been one long exercise in recognizing my and my product's shortcomings--from trying to manage people and production schedules to...

Gary,

I think that academia is struggling to integrate technology into their curriculum. A lot of teachers who trained to teach science class are being thrust into CNC--and it is both exciting...

Hey Brady, Thanks for seeing handibot for what it is--it is not a replacement for a Gantry tool, and with a few exceptions that I've seen in my customers--it is almost always better to get a more...

I don't think that SBP vs GCode is really an issue anymore--you said yourself, no one even looks at the machine code that comes out of their CAM anymore. However, looking back--if GCode is easy to...

I was just in Atlanta at Construct 3D with Eric and he told me this thread had been revived. I spend most of my time on the Handibot forum troubleshooting connection issues and chatting about...