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Hi,
I offer $550 for all of it shipped to Rhode Island. Four motors plus fried controller.
Pete Mullen

I am working on a project where I am going to need more steppers. The ones on my long in the tooth Shopbot PRT would work fine. They are vexta A6497-9412KTG. I only need two, but if someone still...

My main concern is bleed through. I am leaning towards finish / sign / finish. Would a sharpie bleed through spar varnish or urethane? Is there a better choice for writing? Whatever the case I...

I really like ash, as well as maple. When I went to my wood supplier, the quartered red oak spoke to me. Go figure. I used the V-inlay technique with some Purple Heart. All the parts are made, but...

My youngest daughter is getting married in August, and her girlfriend and her have asked me to make them a reception bench for the guests to sign. I am making the bench out of red oak, and am openly...

Rod,
How much to ship to Rhode Island?
I would like to have it as a back up.
Pete M

I used the sharpest cutter I could, (still have trouble calling an endmill a bit) the only one I have, but it is a
Pretty sharp. We are now in the glueing stage. If you are the Sir Paul who...

Thanks, that's what I wanted to know. I am going with the 60.

I was talking mainly about the inlay technique using VCarve. Is there an advantage/disadvantage with the steeper angle?

When cutting a Vcarve inlay on the Bot, why would I chuse a 60 deg cutter or a 90 deg? Is one better than the other?

I followed Sean's advice and tried Jack's suggestion first, then I found where the ground wire broke off the X axis rail.
Turns out input#1 is for the plate
#3 is for the limit switches, and the...

My z zero plate is not working. I always pre-check for a connection by touching the plate to the tool before running the z zero program. This time I got no panel light coming on. I don't remember...

Thanks,
that was all I needed to do.

I haven't used my bot in a while, and I may have changed computers since I last used my 4th axis. When I went to use it only X,Y,and Z show up. Where do I tell the controller it has a B axis.
I...

I ran the program(sans dragknife), and the Bot had no trouble with the scientific notation. The scratches my vbit made looked just like the preview.

I have been befuddled by the drag knife for some time now. Not any more, I was able to download the excel spreadsheet and tried it on a simple quick engrave toolpath in Vcarvepro. I see where the...

The Bot can do almost anything, including cutting aluminum(god's favorite metal), but cutting aluminum is not its strong point. Glen's original idea of declining aluminum cutting was not a bad...

I recently got an i-phone, an amazing piece of machinery indeed, but I ain't gonna run my bot with it.

Basically, I followed the advice of Brady, canned spray spar urethane over canned spray shellac.

She was pleased with the results, thanks for all the advice.

Two qualified experts have given me two options. Now I truly am on the horns of a dilemma. Off to Providence lacquer to see if they have the sexier of the options.

My daughter is making a chess set using shooter and shot glasses and painting them. Naturally she said,"Dad...make me a chess board...and a box to hold the pieces. My dilemma is, what clear finish...

I found it. VI

Thank you, that worked. I don't know why people say bad things about our English cousins.

I recently switched computers and reloaded the control software. Before I set my plate thickness inside the setting program, now it is a variable. Where do I change this?

Bat houses are one thing I always planned on making someday, even before I got my bot. But if I can get some free ones to sell....even better.