I just want to say, I don't mean this to be a rant. I just wanted to share my bad luck with everyone here. I know most of you guys have had machines for years and they are doing fantastic for all...
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I just want to say, I don't mean this to be a rant. I just wanted to share my bad luck with everyone here. I know most of you guys have had machines for years and they are doing fantastic for all...
Well, I finally got my x-axis stall fixed. It was the motor, thank you tech support. Unfortunately, as soon as I got that fixed, another problem started on the very next carve. The CW cuts all the...
Well, it wasn't the cut motor wires. It was a good thought though. And, it's not doing it just on that one side like I thought. It's just very inconsistent and only happens when it is testing the...
You know, that may very well be it! Now that I think of it, when it was homing it moved perfectly, but when it was guaging the bit depth it would mess up. I seriously think that must be it. I will...
Actually, the carve that I posted is the proper one, one that has been in my computer for several months and carved many times. The feet actually appear different even in designer now. I didn't...
To start with, this is a C machine and has about 130 actual carving hours on it. Today I was carving a sign and about halfway through I had a z-axis stall. I went through my usual routine of...
Wow, thank you for the help! You have officially made it into my hero book...lol.
Now, I have to learn to do it myself. I wish I wasn't stuck in the shop 16 hours a day, I could spend more time...
I pulled this off once before with some help from the guys on the forum, but I guess I really don't understand the concept, maybe because I use it so little. I have a friend that wants a plaque...
The draft even significantly reduced the carve time on the piece. Thank you very much! I definitely owe you one!
I wish my software knew that....lol. It's been doing that to me constantly. I may need to reinstall it. I made the changes you suggested and it came out MASTERFULLY!!!! Thank you sir, you are a...
I wish that I could see what you did....lol. Unfortunately, I haven't done the software upgrade yet. I will make those changes and see if it helps...thanks!
I'm trying to make a sign for a wedding gift, but I have a few questions. I normally only do small vector signs to use up scraps, so now I have to learn a bit more. I started this carve once and...
Thanks guys. I have it glued up and curing now. Should be carving away tomorrow.
I had a shaft melt down a while back and finally got around to getting the new shaft installed. The problem is that the sheath of the new shaft is loose from the motor connection. I tried to...
I have thought repeatedly of doing pen boxes, but they are so cheap to buy that I never do get around to it. Even the simple single pen rosewood boxes that I buy for three bucks I can resell for...
Hmmm, I can't find the cut motor online. Am I getting senile? Maybe I have to call CW to order it?
Thanks for the tip Al, I will probably go that route. It would actually be pretty nice to have a couple of motors sitting around in the shop. Eventually I will have two of everything...lol.
I appreciate the empathy! I'm actually enjoying the pens, I love large orders. The only down side is that they are all purple heart. I cut up the rough stock for blanks and will be digging those...
Well, I guess you pay for stupidity. I was doing a 12 hour carve the other night and got tired, thought I would let it finish on its own and went to bed. Carve shaft heated up and melted down and I...
Thanks Guys, I'll check it out. I have about 300 full size toy patterns here at the shop too. Honestly the CW is less than 5% of my business. I do about 40% wood turning, pens, bowls, goblets,...
I was just curious if anyone had tried to make a toy car pattern. I know a group locally that makes wooden cars and donates them to the Ronald McDonald house for the kids. I was thinking of cutting...
I am still working on it in my head. I would like to have a carving on each side to represent a branch of the military in some way and a motto to go with it. It is one of those things where I am...
Some nice patterns there, but not quite what I'm looking for. I guess I just have images in my head, I better start editing images on the computer to make them match. Wish me luck and thanks for...
I am helping my local chapter of Military Order of the Purple Heart with a project for wounded soldiers. I make pens from purple heart wood that they take to hospitals for wounded soldiers. They...
My flex shaft melted down last week too, unfortunately, no smoke detector. I came in to a Z-axis stall, so I guess it stopped turning. We will have to see how much damage I did....uhg. I also have...