This unit is has been sold.
Type: Posts; User: awalt1250
This unit is has been sold.
Price drop again to $4900
Price has been lowered to $5200
Shopbot is still for sale. Forgot to mention earlier it comes with a Dust Deputy and Ridgid vacuum.
Email has been sent. Thank you
Price is negotiable- All serious offers considered
Unit was purchased new in 2013 and is in great shape. 4" z-axis. A locking and sliding cutting deck was added to allow for easy tiling. This increased the original deck length to approx 42". The...
Has anyone tried using clear packing tape as a mask for carving signs?
thank you for the quick reply
Using vcarve pro, what is the best method to get exact circle spacing?
i.e. i need four circles (all the same size) spaced 1 inch on center. I thought there was a way to specify this with linear...
Scott- the noise is there regardless of the z position.
I have isolated the noise to somewhere on the screw itself (could still be bearings). I have not tried to re-align the x axis yet at the...
Spindle was off during the video..you are hearing only the stepper motors working.
Slight pressure was applied with the wooden end of a brush on the lead screw threads at either end.
Will try...
I think the rub mark you may be referring to is overspray from dry moly lube
video here:
http://youtu.be/3b2Pwh-Th-c
We are running a 1.5 year old Desktop unit that sees use for about 3-4 hours a week. Today I noticed a noise when running the gantry across the X axis. The noise is repeatable and happens at the...
I need about 200 of these spindles made, unfinished. They are made from a 5/8" birch dowel. Does anyone here do this type of work or know of someone who does?
Thanks Ron. I was getting worried.
I have the desktop with the 1HP HSD spindle. Lately during the warmup routine I am hearing a different noise when it first starts up. The noise only lasts for about 10 seconds then goes away. Is...
These are the areas that are breaking off. Speeds and Feeds: 1.0 in/sec feed and plunge; running at 14K on the spindle.
My initial thought was that the points are too sharp for this type of work
I was wondering what the best plan is for cutting sharp ends/corners, without the cutter causing the point on the to end pop off during the cut. I'm trying to cut a dog silhouette and when it gets to...
Where are you buying that barrette clips from?
do the lead screws need to be lubed?
I was wondering what everyone is doing to maintain their Desktop Shopbots.
Thank you for the links. The Golden Studios link is exactly what I was looking for.
I was wondering if sign templates are available for purchase anywhere. Something similar to the vector art 3d site... but with v carve type signs.