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Connected font sign
@Tomo wrote: What is the best way to do connected letters/1 peice words? My wife wants me to make this and I know I can do it but will likely make it much harder than it has to be!...
View ArticleI have gcode file - what do I have to do so i can load it into Carbide Create
@awesome-wheel wrote: Hello. Have a great & safe weekend. God Bless you all. Please someone help me - I have gcode file - what do I have to do so i can load it into Carbide Create ? Thanks in...
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Help with Font ID
@johnelle wrote: I have to duplicate the font used on this sign. Rockler would call it a “state park” font but of course there is no such thing as far as fonts go. Any ideas what this font with...
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Touchprobe just arrived
@scratch wrote: The touchprobe I ordered from Sparkfun a few weeks ago just arrived. I’ll be hooking it up this weekend, anyone familiar with how to use it with UGS or CNCJS?...
View ArticleStrange probing behavior - UGS
@mikep wrote: I’ve got some strange behavior when probing sometimes with UGS - maybe 10-15% of the time, when pulling off the probe after successfully probing the axis goes down instead of up. It...
View ArticleDewalt 611 collet nut very hot
@ccm wrote: I bought a new Shapeoko and Dewalt 611 to do some aluminum machining. I have previously been cutting wood on another Shapeoko 3 with the Porter Cable 450 router. I’ve noticed that on the...
View ArticleZeroing Z for a cut-out toolpath - My method
@MaxamillionX72 wrote: Thought I’d share my method for doing a cut-out toolpath and avoiding cutting into the tape and wasteboard. I have a piece of tape on my wasteboard next to where I normally cut...
View ArticleLED light strips
@Stari wrote: Okay, so I’m looking to do some LED strip light signs. Looking on Amazon there are at least a million options. Of course I’m looking to keep the price down a little but could some of you...
View ArticleAnyone going to the World Maker Faire in NYC?
@DCFYI wrote: Maybe we can arange a meet up at the Carbide 3D booth. https://makerfaire.com/new-york/ Posts: 2 Participants: 2 Read full topic
View ArticleHoly cow I'm getting frustrated
@TX_SGT wrote: HELP ME!!!. Ok so I’m working on a project, and the first cut is a .125 pocket with a .25 endmill. I checked, double checked, and triple checked the settings. Start is at 0 on top of...
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Scanned & cutted
@NewtonBS wrote: Hey all, this is one of the first of my projects I wanted to share. g31.jpg2613x1212 80.6 KB g41.jpg3418x2616 382 KB g51.jpg2661x1210 308 KB I made a 3d model of my dad’s guitar with...
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Halloween Corrugated Plastic Sheets
@mojo969007 wrote: 4D962D1B-2B38-448D-B844-F5FDE6A3A1B7.jpeg4032x3024 2.4 MB Working on Halloween. This years theme is haunted arcade. First time I used the Shapeoko to cut corrugated plastic sheets....
View ArticleContinued Interruptions
@waggyboat wrote: Machine: Shapeoko 3 Running Carbide Motion V 1.12 Program: Fusion 360 I am currently running a large parallel machine operation. I have successfully run several of the operations....
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Shapeoko 3 for sale in Southwest Minnesota
@shashster wrote: I bought this machine last November and got the bug hard and have already upgraded. Machine works great. Includes Standard Shapeoko 3 Dewalt router Suck it Dust boot Not willing to...
View ArticleThe Triquetra Question That Won't Go Away
@islandmaker wrote: Interested in upgrading to Motion 4 if it will run the Triquetra gcode for probing X Y and Z. It works in UGS, SourceRabbit and pretty much every other sender. I’m not trying to...
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Carbide Create Limitations?
@CAD11 wrote: I am new to the CNC world and I am experimenting, but I have run into a snag with Carbide Create. I am trying to create tool paths for the image I created in AutoCad. It is below:! CAD...
View ArticleRemote jogger available?
@DaleG wrote: Newbe here.Is there a unit available for a hand held jogger for the XXL? Posts: 4 Participants: 3 Read full topic
View ArticleCarbideCreate not honoring text height setting?!
@172pilot wrote: I posted this on the shapeoko.com forum, but thought I’d also try here, in case there’s a different audience… I’m trying to make some basic signs, with text, and I’m trying to get 2...
View Article"Export to Carbide Motion" sends old project's gcode
@svox wrote: Recently I’ve noticed an issue when exporting gcode from Carbide Create to Carbide Motion that occasionally the gcode won’t actually send the current CC toolpaths, but instead seems to...
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Touch Probe problem with Makita (and other) endmills
@dieterstoll wrote: Right. So the Probe finally arrived. Tried it and was flabbergasted to see that it worked flawlessly on X and Z but not on Y, it would just keep on pushing the Probe north. Turns...
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