CNC Shark Forum

Its been a long time since I visited the forum on a regular basis but I thought I would share a problem that I had today. My machine is old enough that I have forgotten exactly where it fits in the various versions that the Shark has gone through but it is the first HD version that came out. I have ...

Well the first big leap begins with a small step. Stepping away from Windows vista was a great move and long over due. After living with vista this long I am surprised you didn’t give up on computers long ago. Saving the .crv file should be easy. I think if you click on it the choice to save it or o...

First of all, from your post, I can't really tell what kind of Shark that you have, what kind of computer you are working with and which operating system that you are using. Have you ever had the Shark and this computer going before or is this a new install. I have somewhat drifted away from the for...

There are all kinds of answers regarding this but the general rule of thumb is that if it is a bit that you could use in a plunge roughter then you can use it on a CNC. If it has carbide cutting surfaces on the sides of the router but not on the bottom then you can't use it because the Shark (or any...

The suggestion earlier in the thread is the more likely villain. I forget the model numbers now that there is a problem with. I know I used the P/C 690 router (actually 2 of them) for a couple of years. I did change to one of the better models of P/C a year or two ago. Both of which may not benefit ...

Grazinghorse, Personally I would never attempt to go into tap files and edit values manually. Unless you are really brilliant with g-code, and not only that, but the particular g-code that Next Waves post processor creates then you risk making a bigger mess than what you have now. I would always opt...

Kevin, I'm not sure if this is actually a problem or just something a little quirky. Does it go ahead and cut the job normal at the predicted depth? At one time there was what some of us called the "kiss of death", which was where you would zero the bit, reset the all axis zero and then run your too...

Joseph, thanks for the heads up on the hardware fix for those situations. How about the fix where the newer control panel no longer will load and cut keyholes. I was the one that was testing one proposed solution early on and then when it didn't work, I sent my files and .tap files and its been seve...

Hi Gene, First of all when you say you save the toolpath file to the folder, are you saving the xxxxx.tap file to the folder? The control panel will only look at files with the .tap extension on it because that is the actual "g-code" language that the control panel uses. If you are saving the .crv f...

Does anyone have any information as to what the status is on the keyhole issue on Control Panel 2.1? Overall it looks like a good revision but if all of it won't work, it will kill me. I just realized first hand tonight that I had a plaque job to do and get done and ready to deliver tomorrow only to...