Ken,
That is the one. Thanks!
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Ken,
That is the one. Thanks!
A while ago (possibly a year or better) someone posted a a/v podium that they had done for a church. It was very well designed and had numerous mechanisms to it. I believe that when you pulled out...
Joe,
Many of us use flash drives to transfer toolpath files from a designated design computer to a designated router computer. That makes the flash drive like a piece of tooling. Many of us...
One other word of caution. If you do decide to use lasers they must be asolutely square with the table surface in both directions. Otherwise the thickness of the workpiece (and therefore the...
When I first got my shopbot I was planning on doing the same. I even bought the lasers.
However I have found the proximity switches to work much better than I could have ever hoped the lasers...
Ben,
I teach in Southern WI, South of Madison. I have a 96 PRTAlpha. I would be happy to show you around if you want to drive this far.
The only problem I can see (and I may not be understanding you correctly) is how you would get the plugs in place. Most vacuum tables have the plenum cut in a sheet and then a bleeder placed overtop...
I teach in a small high school in Wisconsin. I have been asked to put together a list of items that would improve my curriculum. One of the items I definitely want to put on that list is a laser...
German, I used a regular end mill type bit. This one to be exact: http://www.mlcswoodworking.com/shopsite_sc/store/html/smarthtml/pages/bit_straight.html
German,
I have been engraving signs for my school with a 1/16" bit in plastic. I will look at my speeds for sure when I get back to school, but there are a couple things I can tell you.
1. ...
David,
I bought my alpha in June of 06. I had to call in to Shopbot for some tech help one time and mentioned my fear of manually moving it. I was told by tech support that moving by hand was a...
jack,
In terms of time savings, it might be better to area clear most of it with a flat bottom and then do the final area clear in the corners with something like a 1/2" radius cove bit.
It...
Does anyone know if there is such a thing as directional nesting software? When making parts I often need certain parts to have a certain grain direction. Does anyone know of a nesting software...
stephen,
They are wired backwards. They should not be on (glowing) all the time. Only when they are near something. Your bot thinks it is at its limits all the time.
Wayne,
Yes I am peck drilling. The 3/8 by 1/2 refers to a router bushing that goes inside the standard pc collet.
I don't really know what the drills are rated at, all I know is that the...
Danny,
Not sure if it helps you or not, but I was able to create this vector conversion with Vector Magic.
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Ed,
I have a setup that lets me use any of my bradpoints in my bot. I took a keyless chuck off an old drill that has a 3/8-24 thread, threaded a bolt into it and jammed a nut against the backside...
I would be somewhat concerned also about bit flex of a .25 inch bit in something that thick. If it were me I would cut them out individually as mirror images and insert some .5 inch deep drill...
Brady, I would have been truly impressed had you rigged up an orbital sander to take the place of your spindle and used that to sand down the brass. Maybe next time.
If it was me I would use a holesaw and cut out for the feet. The more solid the mounting the better.
I realize I am playing Devil's advocate here but this is an actual experience of mine. I know the rest of you swear bit changes take a maximum of a minute and for you they very well might. However,...
Kora,
What I meant by pockets is that rather than cutting lots of single cuts around and around deeper and deeper and then moving in a bit and doing the same thing the way yours cut, it would cut...
Kora, You can combine the toolpaths into one file so long as they use the same bit. When saving the toolpaths in VCarve there is a box that you can check that says combine toolpaths into one file or...
Dave, Can you just increase your jog speed way up? That would at least decrease the travel time to go back to the same location.
Jason,
I included a link to the system I believe Harold is talking about. If I were to need to change tools quickly I would go with this system. If you made up a jig so that the exposed length of...