going to be new shark user

Questions/answers/discussion about initial setup of your CNC Shark

Moderators: al wolford, sbk, Bob, Kayvon

Post Reply
jeremyjbeck
Posts: 3
Joined: Mon Jul 24, 2017 3:32 pm

going to be new shark user

Post by jeremyjbeck »

Hello , all i am going to pull thr trigger soon on a shark! any tip and such or equipment to purchase along with it? i am new to cnc but very eager to start..any tips and tricks will help. i am in the omaha area also.

Rando
Posts: 757
Joined: Tue Jan 06, 2015 3:24 pm
Location: Boise, ID
Contact:

Re: going to be new shark user

Post by Rando »

Jeremy:

Well, If I had to confirm something people told me in the beginning: expect to pay 1/3 again as much in "tooling": cutting bits and clamps and custom fixtures, MDF or other sacrificial bed, alignment and measuring devices, .... And that doesn't even get into keeping sufficient and varied stock on hand :lol:

Just exactly how you get there depends, of course, of where you're looking to go. Most/many do wood carving to amazing and beautiful effect. I'm a heathen in that regard, primarily hacking at blocks of aluminum to make something nifty. We and they have quite different tooling needs, but only I get to use TapMatic tapping heads :P. By way of example, the ways I hold down a part are different than they typically use in woodworking. Neither is gooder or badly, they just meet different needs.

So,....what kinds of things are you looking to make? We draw the line at perpetual-motion or world-domination machines, and death-rays...we don't do death-rays. :twisted: But pretty much anything else, we''re happy to take a gander.

Welcome, and regards,

Thom
=====================================================
ThomR.com Creative tools and photographic art
A proud member of the Pacific Northwest CNC Club (now on Facebook)

Post Reply