This is great info!
If you look at my growth chart you will see that the points of the increment marks taper to a point. While in person it looks super cool and custom, it is actually because the poplar was cupped making the depth of carve at the point more shallow. I think I set my z probe to spliting the difference.
Machining to flat with a v bit is painful but I have not stepped up to flat pockets with an endmill with a tool change to carve… YET…
Ah, I do see it now. I did not notice it before. Being so close to the work, we are often too hard on ourselves. Most people are going to be looking at the size, shape, and reading the workpiece. They will be impressed immediately. Very few are going to notice the imperfections in depth. I always have to stop myself from pointing out the mistakes I make when building things. Other people wouldn’t notice them, and would be happier not knowing about them.
And FWIW, It is a really nice project, and very well executed.
I immediately pointed it out to my wife who said “I assumed you designed it that way”!
I also left the index marks in the piece as a reminder of how it came about on a MPCNC. They are visible in the picture on the right hand side.
For anyone still following along… Here is my LowRider2. The usable cutting area is 2000mm x 1130mm. It is full dual endstop on all axis, with z probing. The touch screen is a tft28 with teaching tech’s firmware but I opted for a standard ramps 1.4 controller. My main control is via octoprint with the custom command editor plug-in.
Looking real fancy!!!
Nice !
Depending on what you’re creating it may be a good idea. I sometimes buy SVG’s from etc to T-Shirt Iron Ons my wife wants cut for herself or our son. Or sometime vinyl cutouts for friends. I’m sure I can make them all myself but, TBH, it generally takes less time to search google, find the design and pay for the SVG than it generally does for me to scroll through some of the artwork I have on hand or even to line up some heart shapes to make a 4 leaf clover. And the cost of the file is $1.50. I know for a fact it would take me more than 15 minutes just to make a clover, without the phrase that is needed, which at that point is $6/hour.
A couple of months ago I spent about 40 minutes just looking for a bow SVG for some Disney themed T’s for my niece, her husband and their 2 kids. After a bit of searching I found the exact designs they wanted in a complete package for $3.50. I figured spending $3.50 and being done with it in 30 minutes with complete shirts was totally worth it. It was either that or spend even more time finding more graphics and then putting all the graphics together before finally getting to cutting.
Not sure what I can do about the first post. For whatever reason the pics are not available for thumbnail selection so I am going to add this here.
Sweet!
Whatever works for you guys is cool with me. I can always share the photos or make new posts later.
