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I run the very last of the PRT's and for 10 years I have had no problems. And still haven't with the shopbot. But today the computer I run the machine with gave up the ghost and refused to read the...

I have now sent the Christmas files to everyone who emailed me or who have posted above (apart from Andy B, Robert L and Ted G. I can find no email address in your profiles)
If you are expecting...

Don't let paint freeze!
I know to my cost


........Mike

Brian
I zero on a pre-determined place on the jig

.......Mike

I promised the files for Monday.
Came home from toiling at the coalface to find my internet connection was off!!
It's on now (06:45) but it's back to 'toting that barge, hoisting that bail' so I...

Robert
This works,I think.
Z zero on the table.
Determine the thickness of the material and note it.
In your file place a variable with the material thickness.
At the point in the file you...

OK folks
The first Romanian Shopbot Camp (unnoficial
) is over and I can start assembling the files.
Loads of emails, and you guys requesting here , so a lot of interest.
I am pleased to be...

Read this

Further to Patricks post on the wave pattern, and to help you not having to re-invent the wheel
look at this thread.

.............Mike

Erik
I also dreaded the inevitable!
Not knowing how your table is made, I can not give exact advice.
In my case my table is metal, to the 'Gerald' design, where both sides are welded, then all...

We await with great anticipation!

...........Mike

I didn't realise there would be that much interest in my files

Anyone interested in Vcarving fancy shapes?

2299
I have a number of these I will no longer be using commercially.
If I can...

Brett
Interesting to see a Shopbot set up for a single operation. How long have you been running this operation? Have there been any problems (or benefits) continually cutting in just one area?
I...

I have had lots of emails requesting files.
These will be assembled by the end of next wek and sent out.
They are in mm's, but I guess you all know how to click from inches to mm

Or we can...

Jeffrey
There has been lots on this, as has been said.
Look closely at all 3 options highlighted by Ken before you make your decision, and try and find Mikes posts about the 4G

All 3...

Randy
These are the .dxf files for the v-carving front and rear of Santa

2298
These are the outline files. I made them in two pieces of 50mm(2") foam and stuck them together.
V-carving...

I made a load of files like this last year, v carved into polystyrene then painted, for Shop windows.
There are snowmen, ski-ing/ skating polar bears, Santas elves etc.
If anyone is interested I...

What Dirk is talking about is the 'card' that goes betwen a picture and the glass in a picture frame. The hole is cut at 45º with sharp corners.
Exactly the same look if you profiled a cut with a...

Perry
Do the flutes go full length?
If so its straight forward.
Its if the flutes start or end before the end of the piece you have to move the bit onto, or take it away from the material, so...

Danny
I am with Jerry
As an entry level machine, particularly if you chose the right Shopbot combination, you get a lot for your money.
If you do outgrow it, there are ways of improving it, or...

Ron
Explain to me.
You say I setup a Free Shopbotters server to help new and old shopbotters., but you ask for $150 to join.
Whats free?

..........Mike

Admin
Shouldn't these last messages go here?
For Sale/Wanted - ShopBot-related items only



...........Mike

Boyd
The Ascension 1000, Dirks Agek or the new shopBot A4 These all bring PRT's close to Alpha performance.

...........Mike

www.mechmate.com maybe what you are looking for.
If you have been away for a while, see what can now be done with a PRT and one of the new control boxes.

................Mike

Shari
If you do increase your speed from 1.5IPS to 5IPS, I would be interested to know what time reduction you get with your file.

................Mike