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Count me in. New Brunswick here. 1 machine.

I have use LPS Electrical Contact Cleaner. It comes in a spray can and evaporates very very fast. A little on a rag makes wiping pitch off a pleasant task. I then take a smiggin of car paste wax and...

It was a bright Saturday morning so I opened the blinds in my shop and left the main lights off to conserve energy. I fired up my CompuCarve to do the 3 projects I had ready for it. On the first...

I was talking to the people at LHR and told them my problem. They were very helpful. Instead of sending my machine to them, they sent me a new z truck. I finally got the time last weekend to swap the...

New Brunswick, Canada here.

Chris,
The z truck moves up and down snugly with a fluid motion. I dont think there is any concern there.

Jeff & Ken
I have not lubed my flex shaft for quite awhile. It barely gets warm. I...

Chris
I am doing some plaques using centerline, 60 v groove bit in maple. The bearings turn smoothly with nothing happening to make me concerned in that area.

I have bought paint pens at Walmart. They have different thicknesses and colors. I think it was in their craft section.

Jerry

Does anyone know if a faulty QC could cause the Z truck to heat up? After about 10 minutes of carving my Z truck heats up to the point that I can not hold my fingers to it. All seems well. The ring...

Welcome CC Rider. I too am a proud CDN owner of a CompuCarve. I live in New Brunswick. I bought mine in Maine. Hopefully, maybe Sears here will begin to sell these machines so that any parts or...

Hopefully there will be a how-to when rjustice has the tool ready to do the job.

Jeff
If you get a minute have a look at the crib board to see what I mean. The winner and start are done with a V Groove bit and are similiar to centerline text but not as fancy. Basically what I...

Does anyone know how to use the V Groove bits for carving fonts? I do not mean with centerline text. I downloaded the crib board which had the text done this way. When I try using this technique the...

After cleaning the bearings of grease and then re-greasing them with a high quality synthetic bearing grease, the temperature still went up but took quit a bit longer to do so. I am thinking that it...

Same thing happened to me. I did some forum surfing on the subject. Also, called LHR. I am in Canada and sending anything back is a major headache. Was told to check a couple of voltages on power...

Just a little something to give back from all that I have received. I have done woodworking as a hobby for longer than I care to remember. I got the idea from a set of plans that uses a scrollsaw to...

I just want to thank eveyone for their input. I don't feel so bad now. My Z truck maybe warm, but sounds like I may be on the high side of normal at 113F. Thanks again.

I borrowed a IR temperature gun. My z truck on the top side got up to and basically maintained 113F. Does this seem a bit high? I was talking to some bearing experts and they say that a bearing of...

Sorry. After a little research I found that both bearing assemblys mentioned are for the Z truck itself. I am talking the bearings for the flex shaft inside the Z truck. The top one is a NSK 6000 DU...

Are we talking same bearings? I was talking to LHR and they told me the top bearing was a NSK 6000 DU. I did not ask about bottom one, just assumed they were the same. Are these two of a different...

Is this temperature OK? I have carved for almost an hour and my Z truck gets very hot to touch (not sure of temp). Everything is working fine, no odd noises. I don't want to destroy anything, but to...

What is the bottom bearing. The top is a NSK 6000 DU.

Are both flex shaft bearings in the Z truck NSK 6000 DU's? And is the top one pressed in from the top and the bottom one pressed in from the bottom?

My Z truck was getting very very warm. To me this was an indication of excess friction in the bearing for what ever reason. I had another 6000 bearing that I used as a test bearing before hand. The...

Has anyone ever lubricated the spindle bearing? I work in a pulp mill where we have bearing grease for just about every situation from high pressure to high speed to high temperature or a...