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This is my first attempt at tiling. I have a 48x5 3/4 board. I want to use dowel holes to index x0. I put the 0 holes in the spoil board. Pic 1. Then mounted the board to be carved. I placed another dowel hole at Y 16. When I ran a test the y 16 hole is about an 1/8 short of y 16. It seems it is at ...

Problem resolved. Electrical surge. Learned an expensive lesson. New motherboard on the cp unit.

When I activate the virtual zero, I get a message that says " cannot detect touch plate. I have un plugged and re plugged several times with no success. Any suggestions? Controller 5697 M.
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I'm thinking of using a 1/2 dia round nose or 1/4 dia round nose.
I need some guidance about speed and feed on the 1/2 inch. Carving in 3/4 Ply.

I have been asked bu my grand daughter to make some 18-20 inch trays similar to these for her wedding. Her choice if design. Any suggestions will be appreciated.

I want to experiment with some 1/2 inch foamed pvc. I would welcome any suggestions on bits to use 0 flits?,1,2? V bits?

Could someone tell me if the aluminum gantry upgrade wil fit a Mako? And if it does did it help make the gantry more rigid?

Karen w helped. The font I used for some reason loaded vertical. Not sure why. But I changed fonts , loaded horizontal like normal and it worked perfectly.

I am having problems getting the text to center on the curve. It goes to on side. I am including pics. What am I doing wrong?

I want to make a mandala ga,e for my Grandaughter. I am looking for some help in creating the rounded pockets to hold the marbles. I have vcarve pro and Shark Mako.