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Thanks for the suggestion. I had no idea Shopbot had built an indexer, I sent them a message and will see what they say.

We are looking at getting a bunch of column work next year. Probably about 200 pieces, 6 styles, somewhat intricate. We sent them out to another shop this year because we didn't have a machine that...

Hey Brady thanks for the response, yeah 3.5 was 1/3 less at least then what we had on it. We also have an issue with the dust, we bought Linear guides, according to multiple manufacture's (one was...

Hi, We recently switch out our old PRS style rails (closet door look?) with some Linear Guides. It runs like a dream, or at least it seemed to until it started erroring out constantly. After about 10...

This could go a few ways, do you use Rhino(CAM) to do your toolpathing? Is the probed part an actual 3D object or just a bunch of lines? If you take a 3D object and export to DXF depending on the...

I had a question when running the Indexer. If I'm zero'd out at the Center of the rotation and I hit the stop it moves the Z to a safe ht of 1.0
Which takes me down some 20" + / - ruining my part...

Good morning, I just wen through this same adjustment as we just got our indexer setup last week. When I talked with shopbot there was 4 or 5 different settings Ryan took me through. Mine ended up...

Jack, Yeah it's going to be a great tool for us. I'm still working the details out on everything. Here is a pic in progress, the finished path there is only at 20%. I'm doing sections at 5%...

Thanks, I've looked into that a little bit. I'll give shopbot a call and see what information they have.

Hey all, just got the new 4th axis router up and running. I'm having an issue with the indexer turning the proper amount. After reading the forums some people where talking about gear boxes.
We...

Hi Jim, Not sure if your still looking around for switching the Z axis. But if you are the software I use (Rhinocam / makers also of VisualMill). The software they have does allow me to switch the...

Excellent, thanks for the information. I will go into the control software and check out that conversion and see what happens.
As far as what size, I am looking for something small for my backyard....

I read up on making a greenhouse out of a puzzle piece type connection. I was wondering if anyone had a file set for one of these. I would prefer something in a DXF / DWG format. This way I can...

Excellent thank you, I thought I saw it somewhere.

When running programs for 2-1/2D carving I'm using up too much of my travel. I only have 1/2" out of material before the shopbot hits the limit and drops down into my part stopping the program. Is...

Well in part to the return vs. cost I will say yes definitely. We have everyone in house to be able to put this together (except electrical which I think is going to be fairly simple). It's going to...

I'm not sure the entire reasoning behind it. But I do 3D (2 1/2D really) on the shopbot with modeled parts from Rhino. In Rhino you can adjust every little thing you want, I've tried to move the...

Awesome, Thank you for the additional pictures. 12" dia @ 8' is a decent piece of wood. Depending on the type of wood that can get up there in weight. That makes me more confident I can probably just...

Hi, yeah I bet you would : ). The files we got on those were setup on a security timer of sorts. Once the job was done the files became invalid. Although I'm sure there is a way around that but we...

Excellent I would love to see a few more pictures if you have them. One other question I was just thinking about, is the motor for the indexer. I'm guessing it would be easiest to use the same motor...

Jason, we are a theming company and do retail displays and props amongst many other things from Aerospace to building simple scultpures for artists. The main reason I want to have a 4th axis added is...

Excellent Jack, thank you. I like the setup you have going there. The shopbot we bought used about a year and a half ago. It just had the Motherboard replaced. But I believe the shopbot itself is...

Hi, I'm not sure what's been posted and not but I didn't see anything here directly relating to my post. We have a Shopbot PRT 4x8 and want to put a full rotary axis going the longest direction of...