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[johnriding]

Hello to all my name is john Riding i live in orem utah and just bought a CW from a friend that had it and never used . My wife and i started a small wood craft business and am very excited to hopefully get some help with my CW he didnt have siftware with it and only one card so it looks like i will be purchasing all the needed things and hope i can figure it all out. After being a finish contractor for 18 yrs im falling behind with just my dewalt scroll saw. So im sure i will have MANY questions and i want to thank everyone in advance...

[fwharris]

John,

Welcome to the CarveWright! Take some time and visit the support section (http://www.carvewright.com/support-page/) on the main CarveWright site and start viewing and reading the tutorial software and tips and tricks. And of course ask away here!

[SteveEJ]

Welcome John! My first suggestion is to not make it more complicated than it is. I had a tendency to over think things! Also, do NOT assume that the machine will 'take care' of things automatically.. i.e.: bit depth of cut per pass. You will have to pat attention to these details when having the machine cut things or rout things. That seems like they are going against each other but they really are not.

Let us know how we can help!

[CNC Carver]

Welcome John. Check out some tutorials here. http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuPG...?feature=watch (http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuPGNf9VTXuRJhI16xExxEQ?feature=watch)

[zan29]

Welcome aboard John, lots of great folks in this forum and they will be glad to help you out. Lots of TLC is needed for this little CW baby or it will let you know indeed when it's suffering...........lolol

[RogerB]

Welcome John this will work a lot better . Let me know if I can help have been working with wood for a little . Just send me a PM .

[eelamb]

Welcome John here is the link to the free designer software, anything above 1.187 is not free so start here it will get you started.
http://www.carvewright.com/support-page/getting-started/updates/

[aokweld101]

Welcome John, I say this to just about anyone that starts on the cavewright try to get a dust collector If you don't have one... it will save you a lot of frustration down the road I think its almost more important than the software. Wecome to the furom

[johnriding]

Thank you all for the welcome i can see there will be alot of help here that is very reassuring lol

[johnriding]

Thank you eelamb