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I have a standard 24" x 32" ShopBot "Buddy" CNC. I have had a 5Hp Colombo spindle that recently shot craps to the point a rebuild will be necessary... the funds aren't quite there so I'm trying to...

I just assumed it would hold up better outside with a clear coat over top of the paint. A couple of questions:
1. Is that 'DTM' an exterior acrylic , opaque, paint product from Sherwin Williams ?...

It's expanded PVC substrate that I applied Sherwin Williams paint over. First I applied their best primer followed by exterior Duration. This was applied before I cut the letters/numbers/design, so...

I have made some exterior signs that will be outside & used a quality primer and paint on them. I was hoping to get a recommendation for a readily available product to clear coat protect the paint...

I have a 24x32 sized ShopBot Buddy. I made a couple of 19" x 30" signs for an apartment complex and now I have been asked to make 4 identical, 32" x 100" signs (maybe 3/8" thick to over lay a sheet...

I created a 2D Santa Claus face in ArtCAM to carve something up to give as gifts to the family and friends over Christmas. I thought it looked pretty good, but the better half thought a 3D version...

I am thinking about jazzing up a go-cart my kids and I are making. I have designed and cut to shape (out of the blue foam insulation boards found at the Home Depot type places) a nice couple of...

That looks fabulous. Did you hand rub the black on wood that had no other previous treatment, besides sanding? Was anything else done after the black, other than light sanding before the amber-ish...

Fantastic ! Unfortunately I still have a flip phone... awaiting Verizon's 4G roll out this summer... if my battery's ability to hold a charge lasts that long.

I did a quick search and there are...

Good to know. I don't suspect any problems, I guess I was just following up on that conversation that I had.

I was talking to Ron Reed at PreciseBits about router bits and we were also talking about ways to get better cuts. One thing he mentioned was to run my Spindle (I have a 5 HP Colombo) as fast an rpm...

I happened to have have an F5 that was in pieces and using the SB probe I got the digital footprint of both the top and back plates. The SB control software was then used to convert those files into...

I'm sorry Kevin, but I don't speak Newfoundlandic (?). There is a need for a template, but I'm afraid to guess if you are talking about a guitar or a mandolin. Write back when the eggnog has worn...

I have mostly been making parts for guitars, mandolins and my next project - which I am gearing up for - an H5 mandola. I need to put my SB to other uses, and I have made an occasional cut out for...

I made the top, back and neck for this mandolin on my BT32. Let me know what you think.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQtqyJkcNK4

When I made the video - I had no plans on posting it. I just...

I have an object that I am probing that has some pretty good detail in one area that probably only constitutes about 10% of the entire object.

I was wondering if I could:
a. probe the whole...

That's what the "Help" directions say to do as well. However, when I click on the arrow to change it from down to up (or vice versa - I have done both) there is NO drop down info under the 'Profile...

If you suggest incorporating bridges in a 2D toolpath along with my 3D carve - I'd love to learn that as well. The "Help" section for Bridging doesn't look like what I see on my ArtCAM GUI, so I am...

Not sure what the problem was. I tried everything as far as deleting the relief, the polylines, the Project, re-booting and I was always faced with the same greyed out option for "Delete Material"...

I am working with ACP 9.021 in case it matters. I have tried several ways to changee the material thickness, but it won't allow me to.

I am having a hard time changing the material thickness once created. At times I have had to reset the relief, delete it, or even delete the project and start over again because I could not reset...

uhh... I can walk over to my shop, get my object set up on my ShopBot, push some buttons, spend 6 hours probing and 20 minutes post production time to get my cut file. At a cost of a few pennies of...

Is there a way to reduce the field in which my ShopBot probing routine operates instead of the default rectangular pattern ? Analogous to this is when I am defining my machining path - limiting it...

Yep.. the internet comes through again. This forum is a great supplement to that part of my brain that should know this, but was removed by my 4 kids !!

Works like a charm !

I wanted to see what folks know about this new-fangled toy: High Definition radio.. especially as it relates to the RF noise put out by my ShopBot Control Box and 5 Hp Columbo spindle.

I have a...