ok again thanks for the help I bought a piece of mdf cut it to 48 inches long I did a measureing test it gave me 3 different measurments the last was 46.977 so it is a difference of just over 1 inch...
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ok again thanks for the help I bought a piece of mdf cut it to 48 inches long I did a measureing test it gave me 3 different measurments the last was 46.977 so it is a difference of just over 1 inch...
yes there are roller marks on the tape on the bottom, and the rollers on the outfeed tray are not high I have been using a cleat on my work bench that the sled glides on as it feeds through the...
thanks for the help the test came out to be 890.430 the o-ring is on the brass roller the head preasure is between 80 and 90 pounds has been since i got the machine the board length in designer is...
Ok I will try to give a visual of my problem,I am carving a piece that measures 24 inches long by 3 inches wide my sled length is 31 inches long by 6 inches wide when the machine is measuring the...
thanks for the input I use melamine for a sled I will look at the edges I noticed that the head preasure is around 85lbs is that to high for a temp. of 45-60 degrees is it possible to only have...
I sent my machine in to be fixed in DEcember I got it back about 2 weeks ago I carved 3 successful patterns. and now I am getting a board tracking error message I have my machine in my garage I have...
ok got it I also found some info on tips and tricks thanks everybody for the help
Yes my end blocks are 3 1/2 inches wide so I can use a longer sled but obviously move one end block in I was concerned that when the machine was measuring the board it was measuring the sled as well
Ok I have been carving some nice patterns and cutouts using sleds now I want to carve on an entire piece of wood say my piece is 12 inches long by 7 inches wide I am assuming that I need to add...
yes only by a fraction of an inch I am not to concerned now that I got the first one out of the way I am finding that people not all prefer the cut outs I lve what this machine is able to do just...
Well I did my first cut out with tabs went well I need to adjust the depth it cut into the sled a little I was a little nervous after the machine said board to thick to cut but it did well. Thanks...
Good morning all Ok this morning I uploaded the bass pattern did the carve region set the peramiters to max depth 1/4 in my material is 3/4 inch my sled is 3/4 inch machine measured aske how thick is...
Ok I am ready to start cutting out patterns that I am buying from pattern depot I tried a couple of weeks ago on the bass pattern and I had the wood in a jig 3/4 inch melomime bottom when the machine...
Ok inserted memory card turned on machine says card unreadable so I pressed enter screen reads fatal error 5 reboot machine so do I need to erase the card and upload again or what,ok after reading...
Thanks to all who gave me input and thanks to Al I did as you said and moved the sensor a little more towards the middle and it is working now it gave me the same error reading when the board was...
I have rubber belts if the belts are bulging under head cranked down how to fix that problem. This problem only started after a completed carving When I raised the head up is when I noticed that the...
Ok got it all put back together tried it this morning same thing roller tracking error I did not have this problem until saturday after a carving when I was cranking up the head and noticed it is out...
so I'm guessing CW has the nut that I need It is under warranty did you find it to be an easy fix? I guess I will call the on tuesday
Ok I have tried the head allignment as posted and have not been successful when the head is cranked down the nonkeyboard side is tighter than keyboard side when I start to crankup the head the non...
I guess I should have been more clear on my ? I meant to say that when I was in designer and I drew a cut path and chose a 1/4" ba;;nose to be used on that cut path when I uploaded and started tp...
I want to do a carving using a 1/4"ballnose when I install the bit when asked by machine it hones finds surface then comes back to side and says to install 1/16" carving bit I could continue with...
Ok I do not stay under rollers and select put on center what about thickness I know when I design I enter thickness of board to carve but when asked on machine the thickness from what I got from...
thanks for your response I also found info on tips and tricks. One other ? regarding jigs do I not want to stay under rollers when asked that ?. ?
I want to start using jigs I am tired of wasting 7 inches of lumber in all carvings I made to jigs one for 11" x11" pieces the jig is 18x 11" and the other jig measures 31"x11" for 24' long pieces...
Thanks Floyd and Michael for the input on the lube, I did not know there was a difference with the old and the new and I used the new and had over heating problems I have some new lube coming this...