My First attampt at cutting

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This is my first attempt at cutting anything on my MPCNC.

I used the recommended first attempt settings of:

  • 3mm single flute end mill
  • 8mm/s feed rate
  • 3mm/s plunge rate
  • 1mm depth of cut
I used Estlcam to generate the gcode and it's cut out of 12mm MDF (for reference, the writing is about 300mm wide).

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I am really happy with the result I have with my very first try at cutting anything!

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Hi, I just dug through all the media and settings for the forums. you picture is not there. I do see the file name in my notification though. I think that is the issue. It is full of “.” files can only have 1, for example picture.jpg yours is picture.12.3.18.jpg so the system see’s it as a .12 file and that is unknown.

I do want to see your first cut though. Those make me proud.

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EDIT: Tried renaming the file so there were no “.” characters and tried uploading to the original post again, that did not work. So tried creating a new post with the attachment and again, no luck. So I have uploaded it here: https://imgur.com/a/eitTntq

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I have no idea why your pics are not showing now. Others are coming through, mine as well. I’ll keep digging.

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Would you mind telling me what browser you are using, and mobile or desktop? This might be a lack of html 5 issue.

The cut looks great! That is one heck of a first try.

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Thanks! Took about 1:25 to cut. Next thing I need to do is add a dust boot so that I don’t need to hold a vacuum cleaner hose near the bit for nearly an hour and a half!

I am using Firefox v62 64bit on a Windows 10 laptop

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Looks like it was a browser issue. I tried Microsoft Edge and it uploaded the picture fine. I have edited my first post and added the picture.

Shouldn’t be a HTML5 issue though as Firefox should support that properly