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by TAW
Mon Mar 13, 2017 8:35 am
Forum: Show off your CNC Shark projects
Topic: My fourth time cutting wood..
Replies: 4
Views: 4390

Re: My fourth time cutting wood..

100 ipm is fine-I have went up to 150- use 125 most of the time- made a difference on my carve if going with the grain or across- found out hard way- if going with the grain I had less clean up sanding and if carve has a lot of flat area in it (like the foaming beer mug) the carve goes faster on the...
by TAW
Tue Mar 07, 2017 12:50 pm
Forum: Show off your CNC Shark projects
Topic: My fourth time cutting wood..
Replies: 4
Views: 4390

Re: My forth time cutting wood..

Did you use a larger end mill and the roughing pass before the finishing path? Thus will get the larger areas cleared out faster and only leave a small amount of material for the taper ball nose bit to remove. The chattering on the edges is normal- the tapper bit is just touching the straight edge o...
by TAW
Fri Mar 03, 2017 9:41 am
Forum: CNC Shark
Topic: 2D/3D sign making.
Replies: 5
Views: 3139

Re: 2D/3D sign making.

After learning how to do this....... I think a lot of the info out there makes it way harder then it need to be. I literally went thru step by step of 2 different peoples instructions and spent over 10 hrs over 2 days trying to get a good tool path for my first one! After seeing a homemade video by ...
by TAW
Fri Feb 24, 2017 9:35 am
Forum: Show off your CNC Shark projects
Topic: Big Rig
Replies: 27
Views: 20001

Re: Big Rig

Very cool and nice work!!
by TAW
Tue Feb 21, 2017 1:18 pm
Forum: CNC Shark
Topic: Scan Probe with CNC Shark HD 4
Replies: 17
Views: 11268

Re: Scan Probe with CNC Shark HD 4

Can't help you here. But I was very close to ordering scan probe when I got my slime line hd3. PASSED as I could not see much info or reviews on it. I was hoping to still get one BUT sounds like I need to wait longer yet. It would be a great asset to go with the machine with great potential....... H...
by TAW
Thu Feb 16, 2017 8:10 am
Forum: Show off your CNC Shark projects
Topic: Hawkeye Fun
Replies: 0
Views: 3308

Hawkeye Fun

Used another old door panel with 2d football/2d beer mug/ raised Herky
Used paint /stain / spray ink for color and lacquer top coat.
by TAW
Tue Feb 14, 2017 7:49 am
Forum: CNC Shark
Topic: Virtual zero Fault with Tiling
Replies: 7
Views: 4145

Re: Virtual zero Fault with Tiling

I had something similar happen when first starting out. Was using center for x y. But after few carves and wanting to use vertical zero and not having any original center material to locate the pad I went o ALWAYS using start position of bottom left corner for x y zero. The one thing I also stopped ...
by TAW
Mon Feb 13, 2017 9:45 am
Forum: CNC Shark
Topic: Long Sign How-to
Replies: 5
Views: 3157

Re: Long Sign How-to

yes as said above tilling tool path. Try to size you tiles so you have a no carve area for the break and if not possible us the overlap option. I use straight edge board with double sided tape and a clamp if possible to mark the tile size with masking tape and a line to slide the board down to the 2...
by TAW
Fri Feb 10, 2017 11:54 am
Forum: Show off your CNC Shark projects
Topic: 3d signs & cribbage boards
Replies: 11
Views: 10303

Re: 3d signs & cribbage boards

Very nice job on those Joe P!
What site did you purchase the (stl model online of the terrain around the lake or mountain for about $6.).
did you hand paint all the colors with water base or enamels?
by TAW
Fri Feb 10, 2017 11:48 am
Forum: CNC Shark
Topic: cutting steel
Replies: 4
Views: 3040

Re: cutting steel

The router will never be able to go at a slow enough rpm -even with the correct bit. Milling machines are geared for slow rpm's and have lots of torque to be able do steel.