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by Consultingwoodworker
Sat Dec 27, 2014 5:28 pm
Forum: Shark Project File Sharing.
Topic: Football Snack Tray
Replies: 3
Views: 4813

Football Snack Tray

Another project I created for Woodworker's Journal, a football shaped snack tray, just in time for the Super Bowl!

Like the previous videos in this series, the .tap files are available for free.

http://ezine.woodworking.com/SmallShopR ... index.html


Ralph
by Consultingwoodworker
Fri Jul 11, 2014 9:23 pm
Forum: Show off your CNC Shark projects
Topic: Plexi cutout problems
Replies: 9
Views: 4983

Re: Plexi cutout problems

Look into cutters made for plastics. Onsrud specializes in them. Single flute is best. Fewer flutes means less friction, so less heat. "O" flute bits are excellent, they tend to curl the chips rather than breaking them into pieces. Low RPM with higher feeds are better. You want big chips that fly aw...
by Consultingwoodworker
Sun Jul 06, 2014 3:57 pm
Forum: CNC Shark
Topic: Slows down for radii
Replies: 10
Views: 7482

Re: Slows down for radii

I'll have to look into this, it may be a setting in VCarve. I typically use DeltaCad to do my drawings, then save them as .dxf files telling the software to preserve the drawings as 'entities'. This keeps the curves and splines from being rendered as line segments.

Ralph
by Consultingwoodworker
Sat Jul 05, 2014 7:22 pm
Forum: Show off your CNC Shark projects
Topic: Fire Truck Bed
Replies: 8
Views: 5735

Re: Fire Truck Bed

THAT is seriously cool!

Ralph
by Consultingwoodworker
Fri Jul 04, 2014 4:19 pm
Forum: CNC Shark
Topic: Slows down for radii
Replies: 10
Views: 7482

Re: Slows down for radii

As for what you can do to alleviate this, it is in the preparation of the drawing. How are you preparing the drawings, and converting them to G-Code? When I draw in DeltaCad and save as a .dxf, it gives me a couple options for how to handle curves and splines. That is where you are likely to find th...
by Consultingwoodworker
Wed Jul 02, 2014 8:53 pm
Forum: CNC Shark
Topic: Slows down for radii
Replies: 10
Views: 7482

Re: Slows down for radii

Every move of the router, of ANY CNC router, includes a 'ramp up' and a 'ramp down' command. Obviously, you do not want the machine to slam from zero to full speed instantly, and stop instantly at the end of a move. Even in full sized steel framed machines weighing thousands of pounds need to do thi...
by Consultingwoodworker
Wed Jul 02, 2014 8:30 pm
Forum: CNC Shark Pro Plus HD
Topic: Surfacing a Spoil Board
Replies: 4
Views: 4678

Re: Surfacing a Spoil Board

The short answer is yes. I created my spoil board 22" square and made the rectangle 22 1/2" square so that the bit covers the entire board.

I created a video that shows the entire process I use for making a spoil board. You can find it in the show off your projects thread.

Ralph
by Consultingwoodworker
Wed Jul 02, 2014 8:23 pm
Forum: CNC Shark Pro Plus HD
Topic: z zero leaves a mark
Replies: 4
Views: 3380

Re: z zero leaves a mark

I do not have a touch plate, I set zero using a piece of paper as a feeler gage. I set zero with the paper just dragging beneath the bit. That way the bit does not touch when the program starts, and if I'm using more than one bit, they all get set to the same zero, or so close it does not matter. Al...
by Consultingwoodworker
Fri Jun 27, 2014 9:03 am
Forum: Setting up the Shark
Topic: Problem with Move to 0,0,0
Replies: 1
Views: 2738

Re: Problem with Move to 0,0,0

A few things to look for mechanically: First, when you jog the head for your adjustment, be very sure you are not raising it too high and hitting the upper limit. The stepper will think it is still moving upward, but it did not so when it goes back to zero, it will be too low. Second, be sure that t...