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Hey Guys, I have been a shopbotter for going on ten years now. The company I work for had one that was barely being used when I started and they didnt really understand much about it. I took it over...

Thanks alot guys. Its a different business and we enjoy it. always something new to figure out how to do. I will look into everything you guys said. Thanks for all the input!

I have a 10 plus year old PRT Standard 60x120. a couple of years ago we did the V4G upgrade on it. I dont really remember what it cost but Im very happy with it. We do alot of stuff with ours. ...

We are actually a bell and clock company, we have a bronze foundry and have already started using our shopbot for creating patterns for the foundry. but alot is different with fiberglass models so...

I am trying to figure out a new way of creating models for my fiberglass shop. In the past building a model was very expensive for our company and alot of times would lose out on custom jobs because...

thanks guys, I will let you know how it goes.

is jewelers wax the same thing as machinable wax?

I will look into it. Thanks. Ill try to let you know what i find.

thats what we carve our patterns out of but it has to be able to form to the bell. and melt easily

very good question. We tried, but the wax that we use is a wax that is very flexible because we have to wrap it around the bell. It also has a low melting temperature so we can melt the wax out of...

Hey guys, my company has been into shopbot for about 10-11 years. I moved into and took it over about 5 years ago. We have come along way. When I started out they were struggling to cut flat 1/8"...

Let me start off by saying that this job isnt really shopbot related but I thought you guys may be able to help because I know alot of you are self employed. I am looking for a highly motivated...

thanks brady

Brady, I have also been considering a pressure foot for cutting out very small acrylic numbers and letters. you mention your Vacuum Film technique, whats that?

thats not true. Our products are UL listed and for our class the material we use has to be UL listed and fire rated. thats what stops me from being able to spend half the money and buy epanel.
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Im looking for a fairly specific material here, I need a 6mm aluminum composite material such as dibond or epanel that is black on one side and white on the other. sheet size is some what up in the...

whats the diameter of the bit you use? and what thickness dibond are you talking? Im using 3MM

I am working on a project that I need to fold dibond aprox 120 degrees. My plan was to buy a 120 degree V bit and problem solved. I am having trouble finding a bit that works for me. I found 1...

I took a 55 gallon drum, put it on a drum stand and mounted a slow moving electic motor on it and ran 2 belts around the drum down to the shaft on the motor. I welded a couple of pieces of flat...

how do you do it in partworks? ive not used any V bits so that is very new to me.

I dont beleive so, the material thickness will be .75" so I believe the V bit CL would have to be that .75" to work. which maybe they make? im not sure. I could look into it.

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Hopefully this will help. This will be assembled like the hand drawn picture but will be the shape of the PDF pic. so basically I will be putting together 8 pieces to make the...

I have a 11 year old PRTstandard with the V4g upgrade. I am using Part Works 3.0 to write my files. I am working on some a couple of things that I will be producing quite a bit of. Is it possible...

Wow, thanks, lots of great info there. I will give all that a try and let you know my results. thanks again

Im able to cut it just needing a better finish than im getting. Im wanting to cut the parts on the router to save time. I will be cutting alot of them so if i have to clean them all up on a...