@jgerman wrote:
I'm considering getting a Shapeoko 3, mainly for wood gear clocks. I'm thinking that it may be able to replace my scroll saw, but I'm not positive yet.
Once I make a dust boot (I'm assuming there are files out there to cut and go?) will I be able to keep the unit indoors? Is there a dust boot I could just buy and use? I have a dust collector, a CT26, and a shop vac.
I'm assuming I need the precision collet and the smaller end mills for gears. It looks like the precision collet is back in stock but I wanted to confirm.
I'd consider trying to use the machine for marquetry/inlay. The scroll saw is capable of double bevel marquetry ... tilt the table 7 degrees stack your foreground and background and you get a perfect hit. It marquetry something I could do with the Shapeoko?
I'm not solely interested in the Shapeoko for my projects, I'm looking at it as a project in and of itself, I'm interested in learning the toolchain.
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