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I would like to express my gratitude for everybody who helped me on this project and special thanks to SRWTLC for his valuable tips and Mr. Brady for his excellent article about ramp value settings....

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This is 10 mm ball nose (100 mm long) finishing cut after 16 mm end mill rough cut with 2 mm allowance between (skin only). So.. only small fraction of the ball is in contact with the...

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The fact that Your machine is cutting smoothly is in line with ShopBot support opinion. There are some machines, which has this problem. The reason might be slow data exchange speed from...

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I would assume the cut depth is OK, less than 0.1 inch. I also have a feeling, that the primary issue here is the low polygon count as You mentioned - not the step over distance. I...

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Thank You for responding. I do understand, what You mean by the smaller step over regarding the tool marks. It is true, that smaller step over with ball nose tool bit in steep...

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I am using Aspire version 8.024 and ShopBot Buddy PRS CNC. I have an “uneven - not smooth” surface problem, when I am working with 3D model (the original model is smooth). I am not sure is...

Hi, is this HSK 32C quick change collar possible to plug into a HSD spindle currently equipped with ER25 collet? How much Z height is lost due to this collar?

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Antti

Sorry about the late answer - not sure if you got it figured out yet :)

Anyhow you have to calculate the zone pattern in steps (height and width). See example image, there is the math to...

With great support from ShopBot (Ryan) I decided to installed whole new Z-extrusion with new spindle position 64 mm higher. This allowed the normal (not 180° rotated) spindle mounting plate- and thus...

I have noticed one negative issue regarding this raised spindle assembly. This issue is related to Joe's comment regarding the bottom of Z mount. The bottom of Z mount itself hasn't been a problem,...

Good point Joe. I was also concerned about the Z mount gap to the work piece. However with HSD 1073 spindle this was not a problem. With HSD spindle the collet face will still position itself well...

Hi, I have every now and then suffered a lack of effective Z-height in my ShopBot Buddy. Yesterday I realized a simple way to increase the maximum Z.

I ma not sure weather the spindle (HSD 1073)...

I am using 8 ft power stick and had the same issue with my support table. I tried plywood, MDF etc. and was not quite satisfied. Then I tried a laminated structure where upper and lower outer...

Hi Brian, sorry about the late reply. I have 8 ft power stick attache to my Buddy. It works just fine, but it will (in my opinion) need the additional support rails on both ends of the Buddy.

I...

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Thank You for good advice. The VFD type was incorrect and is now set to correct one V1000. All USB-cables are pluged in and I also reinstalled the control software.

It helped and I...

I have just received my PRSapha Buddy32. It is equiped with HSD spindel and Yaskawa VDF. I can't get the spindle running by using command 'C6'.

It looks like the control sofware doesn't "see" the...