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Thank you Rando

Appreciate your advice/comments/input!

Valuable information which not only I will get from this but anyone else who reads your posts.

Sharkcutup

Wow! A lot of information here give me a bit to soak up what you already have provided!!! And Thank You!!

Thanks that has been very informative!!!

2" Boss .5" high in center of 5 by 5 block

2 hp spindle and I can control speeds at the inverter.

Cheers!!!

Sharkcutup

YUP! He is a busy fellow. Do not really wish to disturb him, LOL! Just curious as to what program he may be using and how he approaches that type of carving with VCarve because VCarve does not have the ability to change the direction of an pocketing toolpath from starting from the inside to the outs...

Machining aluminum 5" x 5" Block by 1.0" thick Aluminum Material Stock 2.0" diameter x .5" high circle centered on block I am using VCarve Pro 10.507 1) What program do you use for cutting aluminum parts? 2) If you use VCarve Pro or Aspire how are you programing something like this? Reason for askin...

Just imagine the size of the mouse it would fit into, LOL!

SHARKCUTUP

Yup it sure does!
Kidding aside yeah I have a mouse wheel. I use it all the time. Handy gadget! Will have to try your recommendation a go sometime too!

Sharkcutup

Yeah my peepers are not as good as they used to be either. Recently had to replace my Computer system and I made the icons and text a tad bigger on the display settings. Even the mouse cursor had to be adjusted! I must say that it is a monument to reach old age but unfortunately there are some thing...

Wishing you the best but I have a recommendation in that you will be needing to purchase Design/Toolpathing software separately. Vectric's VCarve Desktop, VCarve Pro or Aspire are Super Design/Toolpathing programs and their support is Fantastic. There is also a forum with many experienced users not ...

Welcome to this Forum NLAlston Hello Rando :) Again Welcome to the CNC Shark Forum! I own (since March 2016) a Shark CNC Pro Plus HD3 machine with water-cooled spindle. It has been a learning experience all throughout. My CNC has not been modified in any way. Most errors produced are usually humanly...

Update: Ran .tap file on my CNC machine cutting air yesterday evening. CNC Machine ran through entire file without a hitch. I believe it is time to check things at your CNC machine, things like possible static interference, etc... Any other suggestions out there would definitely be taken into consid...