Thinking of Buying a CW?

[Capt Bruce]

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[opensores]

Greetings to everyone who ends up reading this post. I found a used CW online, and bought it yesterday. I am very excited to learn how to use it, and do believe that there are currently no presidents in the forums (here) about building skateboards, and skateboard molds with the Carvewright. That is primarily what I will be using the machine for, and will certainly discover the limits of its capability soon. I will be starting a new thread, as soon as my membership is approved, and will elaborate, but for now, I wish to begin rubbing virtual elbows with those who have come before me. Thank you for laying the ground work.

There are no threads about the 3/8" straight cut bit. Most of my mold building will not require much finite detail at all. (only gentle curves) I see many people complaining about breaking bits. Will the 3/8 be my champion?

Many of my projects will be 4ft long, and will require lots of cutting. Most molds will be cut from MDF.

Thanks again for reading my post, any info will be devoured.

[papawbummie]

If I buy another machine, will my add ons on my 0ld machine work with new machine (like conforming vectors.centerline text etc.) Thanks Bert

[fwharris]

If I buy another machine, will my add ons on my 0ld machine work with new machine (like conforming vectors.centerline text etc.) Thanks Bert

Your good to go, software is independent of the machine..

[papawbummie]

Thanks Bert

[fwharris]

Greetings to everyone who ends up reading this post. I found a used CW online, and bought it yesterday. I am very excited to learn how to use it, and do believe that there are currently no presidents in the forums (here) about building skateboards, and skateboard molds with the Carvewright. That is primarily what I will be using the machine for, and will certainly discover the limits of its capability soon. I will be starting a new thread, as soon as my membership is approved, and will elaborate, but for now, I wish to begin rubbing virtual elbows with those who have come before me. Thank you for laying the ground work.

There are no threads about the 3/8" straight cut bit. Most of my mold building will not require much finite detail at all. (only gentle curves) I see many people complaining about breaking bits. Will the 3/8 be my champion?

Many of my projects will be 4ft long, and will require lots of cutting. Most molds will be cut from MDF.

Thanks again for reading my post, any info will be devoured.

Greetings and welcome! The 3/8" bit if it is the one with the 1/2" shaft will not break like the 1/8" cutting bit and is a good one for doing pocket cuts like you will be doing for your skate board molds. You should not be overly aggressive with your cuts though and doing the cuts with a max pass setting would be recommended.

[opensores]

Will that translate to a .125" pass depth?

[fwharris]

Will that translate to a .125" pass depth?

What is your total depth that you will be carving? I usually start out with a depth of .200 depending on the material I am carving.

[opensores]

1 and 2 inches will he regular.

[cestout]

I recommend that you invest in the 3D modeling package so you can extrude the curves you will need and maybe add nubs on the back to attach hardware and stuff like that.
Clint