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Be mindful that HDPE expands and contracts quite a bit with the temperature. I do a lot of cutting with this material and had to put AC in my shop to maintain a constant temperature to get...

This is a project I thought I would share. My son and I started this project last year when he was diagnosed with cancer. He was 17 at the time and was going to have to withdraw from school so we...

I was just wondering if anyone on here has tried Mastercam Dynamic Milling with a Shopbot. I have seen a few videos or their technique and its pretty impressive. When time and tools are money it...

I have been looking all over for one. Shopbot Central wasn't coming up in my search on FB

I love this forum, but I use Facebook on my phone to keep track of friends and family and more and more business. I am a member of a couple of other groups on Facebook and its a great way to quickly...

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I have a steadycam system but it doesn't allow you to get low enough to get good photos of cars. Its also hell on my back. I wanted a crane like system that could be driven into place and then do...

This is a robotic remotely controller camera crane I am working on to take smooth dolly shots on site. Once completed the robot will be programmed with certain movements that can be played back to...

This is so cool! Keep posting.

I will be driving down to the camp in the EVGT-40 on Friday. I look forward to seeing what other Shopboters have done. On Saturday afternoon I will be bringing in the Electrovair III and discussing...

Before you place all the blame on the Chinese for the blatent copyright infringement, remember that they only make what we buy. For every clone maker there is an American funding it and a thousands...

Two people asked me about the iPhone. The iPhone like most products is manufactured under the direction of Apple by a number of Chinese companies. I actually met a number of the Chinese engineers in...

Tell you what guys, you keep dreaming that China only makes garbage. The reality it that they are very capable of making first class quality stuff. But just like in the US, if you go low bid, that...

By the way, I am not advertising that you should sell your Shopbot. Its an amazing tool and if I had had the space to keep mine, I would still have it. Actually got back on the boards to look for a...

Seems I hit a sore point here. I got to tell you guys I wish like crazy just saying "Made in America" meant something to the US consumer. The reality though is they don't give a care except how...

I am a former Shopbot owner and have a lot of experience working with the Shopbot. It was a great design and prototyping tool. In the end though to compete I had to get our products make overseas. ...

One of the biggest advantages that Shopboters have is this forum. It is also one of Shopbot's biggest advantages. As I said before, I am not sure if as a group we would have much buying power, but...

I haven't been on in a while but found the thread on China and this one interesting. The questions posed and fears have been something I have gone over with an dealt with over the last year.
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I havent't played with the DXF converter. Does it create 3d paths of 3D vectors in the DXF?

John,

Get Parts Wizard and you will quickly find that your new Shopbot will become one of the most usefull tools you own and do a lot more for you than just dado cuts and system holes.
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OK, so we got out of hand a little again this year. Both of my sons demanded that I bring the Shopbot to bear on carving thier Cub Scout pine wood derby cars.
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Both cars were modeled in 3D...

Be carefull with wireless devices. I had a wireless keyboard and mouse hooked up to my bot and it worked great till one day there was some interference and the keyboard didn't respond. Luckely I...

Ed,
Thanks for putting in the time to bring us all together. I had a great time and really enjoyed meeting everyone there.

Andrew McClary

Wayne,

I had a number of bunk bed posts that I needed to have holes drilled in as well as a 3/8" slot the length of the post. These were all square 3" posts 40" tall.

I was cut a number of...

We use an HVLP Turbinair system and spray Fuhr water based acrylic products. Thier high solids primer does wonders on MDF. The big difference over the store bought latex paints is drying time. ...