I'm Happy

[Hank]

Fired up my CC (which is going on 4 years old) today after a long winters nap. Lubed the flex shaft, loaded the card with version 1.164 and my carving. installed 1/2" thick mahogany in the machine and fired it up. During the board measurement it displayed a width of 5.461" and I specified 5.5" in designer. It asked if I wanted to reduce the scale. A quick calc makes it less than 1% of my original size. I gave it the go-ahead. During the 6 hour carve I kept checking the temperature of the flex shaft and the Z truck. The max temperature settled to comfortable 91 degrees. This I attribute to the ROCK chuck. After the carve I micked the width of my board, just to check the accuracy of the machine dimension. It was spot on.

Hank

[Kenm810]

A smooth running Machine makes a Happy Carver! -- :wink:

[myshop1044]

Hank just for my info. How did you determine the temp of the truck?
Is there some kind of device to do that other than your finger.

Myshop

[dcalvin4]

if you can hold your finger on something without having to pull it away , its 110 degrees or less
denny

[Kenm810]

Easiest way I know of to get an accurate Temp. for any part of the Machine
is a non-contact Inferred Thermometer :cool:

[bjbethke]

Hank just for my info. How did you determine the temp of the truck?
Is there some kind of device to do that other than your finger.

Myshop
A thermometer, Harbor Freight has them on sale

[cnsranch]

BJ - I use the one on the right - works great.

Tech at LHR told me long time ago that the truck can get as hot as 120 degrees before getting worried...

[CarverJerry]

So far (knock on wood) there isn't anything that gets hot, let alone warm on my machine. I don't over lube the flex shaft and keep things very clean. I just hope this helps any of these problems stay away.

CJ