Couple more projects from this weekend.
Unicorn, guitar and Chief Wahoo
Have a live stream on YouTube of the Onefinity running doing a 24" Looney tunes Aztec calendar.
Aspire will give an estimate. I have never trusted it too much. There are many parameters that you need to fiddle with to get it accurate.Does your software give you an estimate of how long it will take?
Does your software give you an estimate of how long it will take?
Is that the ~$100 Makita router?
I have been using one on my CNC for over 10 years now. The original bearings went out after about 1 year. Replaced the bearings with better ones off Amazon and it has been fine since then.
I did purchase a backup refub router, just in case.
I checked a little closer - your using a "trim" router. I have been using the plunge router version.Yes it gave a estimate and was off about 1hr.
Yes it is the $100 router, it went out after the first 10 hours sent it in for warranty repair think it was a issue with the armature,Brushes wore out and so did the replacement brushes in less than 10 hrs. Think I have more on it now so hopefully it will last.
I picked up the Harbor freight version just in case it dies and i need the machine running
I used the HF till the Makita was returned.Figured the HF would of died before the Makita.
I was surprised how quit it is when it run's.
Buy raffle tickets and hope to win the ShopBot training classThis thread is great. Like some others here I too am thinking about entry level CNC. While the machines seem straight forward enough, my hesitancy has been what I feel may be a steep learning curve on the computer software side of the equation. Any observations on how a newbie might best get up to speed there?
I was completely new to CNC when I got mine this year. It definitely took a few months to learn. Speeds / feeds / bit types / depth of cut. I use Vcarve Pro for my software and it has some complex features but it's not too hard to learn.This thread is great. Like some others here I too am thinking about entry level CNC. While the machines seem straight forward enough, my hesitancy has been what I feel may be a steep learning curve on the computer software side of the equation. Any observations on how a newbie might best get up to speed there?
There are a few free programs like carbide create and easel.This thread is great. Like some others here I too am thinking about entry level CNC. While the machines seem straight forward enough, my hesitancy has been what I feel may be a steep learning curve on the computer software side of the equation. Any observations on how a newbie might best get up to speed there?
I have mine for a year and sold a few things and gave stuff away.I've had a Onefinity for 6 months now and I love it. Definitely was a learning curve for me.
Im amazed you would spend $2k for software as a newbie.I was completely new to CNC when I got mine this year. It definitely took a few months to learn. Speeds / feeds / bit types / depth of cut. I use Vcarve Pro for my software and it has some complex features but it's not too hard to learn.