The aluminum we have as been brought by a member of our Fab Lab, so I have no idea what kind of alloy it is ... I was thinking of purchasing a bit like the onsrud 66-315 that is bottom surfacing....
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The aluminum we have as been brought by a member of our Fab Lab, so I have no idea what kind of alloy it is ... I was thinking of purchasing a bit like the onsrud 66-315 that is bottom surfacing....
Hi,
I tried for the first time to use aluminium with our Shopbot Buddy with an onsrud 65-025 bit. I was a bit nervous at the beginning not knowing what to expect but at the end I was surprised...
Thank you all for your suggestions. So I used the 1/8 ball nose to carve the planet Mars Gale Crater from a STL file that is available on NASA web site. This result is not too bad for a first try ......
This will be my first project on carving a topographic map on blue foam for some of our students project (study of the surface of planet Mars).
Do you have any suggestions on what end mill to use...
I did my first table surfacing on our Buddy today and the surface is not smooth. Does it mean I should square the Z axis ? If yes, how do I do it ? This is my first experience with a CNC ...
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I have the VCarve Pro that came with the machine. I read on page 11 of the manual different suggestions for the deck material (plywood, aluminum, phenolic) but I found no instructions on how to...
We recently purchased an used Buddy 48 for our new school FabLab. The BT48 came with the 8' powerstick but I would need a new table deck for it. I have zero experience in CNC and with Shopbot so any...