CNC Shark Forum

Bob, Thank you for the reply. I just tested everything out and Ive found a new symptom. As the z axis was moving up, I heard it thump similar to when it has reached the top. It wasn't at the top however, so I think it may be binding some where. Not sure how to go forward with this though. There is n...

As you can see, this is getting very time consuming and expensive.

I'm beginning to have a repetitive problem where my z axis will drop more than it should during a plunge. Initially it would only happen when V-Carving text but now it doing it on my roughing cuts and even my 3d Finish. Drops range from .05 to .15 so far. I've cleaned, lubed and exercised the axis a...

Rick,

I switched the work piece to align along the x axis and it worked like a charm. Thanks for the help!

V/R

Joe

Rick, Thank you for the response. I tried it again and found that my Vcarve will not give me the option to wrap the X axis. I noticed on the Next Wave page that they have the post processors available for download. I will try to re-install them to my computer and see if that fixes the issue. Regards...

I set the marker tip as the tool and placed the paper top right as X0Y0Z0. Initially, I did it so that my kids can make awesome poster board presentations for school. I am also considering trying to utilize paint markers and see if I can have my machine paint the surface of my machined part. I suppo...

Hello everyone. I recently created a plotter attachment for my router that can be 3d printed. This attachment just clamps onto the vacuum attachment and utilized a screw to hold the pen or marker in place. There is no need to make any modifications to you machine. In the zip file I have attached the...

Hello everyone. I recently purchased the CNC Shark HD with the 4th axis set up and I am having great difficulty getting g-code that does what Vcarve is telling me its going to do. Doing a simple rounding toolpath I found that (at least I think it is) the circumference measure of my work piece is get...