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Why spend a lot more money on a 4-jaw chuck (if cutting soft materials) when an adaptor plate made from scrap aluminum will work for all shapes of...
I had this issue with my lathe, it worked great on short moves, but on longer moves it would stall and loose steps so I reduced the max feed rate...
You can add a rotary axis. However, you will have to use either the X or the Y stepper driver. In other words, you will have to unplug one or...
You may have just been lucky. I had a similar issue where I inserted the wire too far and the screw was on the insulation. It worked great until...
Choose the "Openbuilds grbl inches" post processor. Or the "grbl inches" post processor. The gcode should be right then.
Here you go. I have this manual bookmarked....
If you're want the simplest to use with a lot of tutorial videos, VCarve Desktop is an easy to use and very powerful software. Especially if you...
Now if only I could buy one here in the U.S.:)
Actually, the Grizzly is a cheaper version of the Makita. ;) The Router11 has higher quality bearings and is designed for the ER11 collet. You...
I added an Enclosure to my CNC Lathe to keep the chips from flying everywhere and to get the doors to latch shut, I designed and printed some...
Much of that is done by your post processor. I use the grbl mm post processor with Vectric Vcarve and it turns my spindle on and off (M3/M5)....
I measure corner to corner with a tape. Is your hole round? Did you calibrate the x y and z axis? If not, your machine thinks it is cutting 60...
It just dawned on me today, as I was trying to figure out how to carve out the hole for the drink can in a wooden stein like one of these (or deep...
Yes. You are right if I understand you correctly. Six switches would require the two for each axis to be wired in parallel if they are normally...
I had this issue trying to carve a 59mm thick piece and my Z travel is only 60mm. I change the safe z height in Vcarve to 0.5mm, recalculated the...
Just follow these directions and the limit switch install will be easy. If they are the OpenBuilds extension switches:...
If you are buying a machine that is factory built and they are all the same, I would agree. But these are built by individuals and not all are...
I edited a couple things and added to it
1) Spoilboard thickness: What are you planning to cut? If you do not plan to cut thinks much thicker than aluminum plates or plywood, I would...
I have not had an issue with it in the 5 years I have used them. If you use a dust shoe, it will help a lot. I cut a lot of aluminum, plastic,...
