Bought a new CNC router.

[jaustin]

Couple more projects from this weekend.
Unicorn, guitar and Chief Wahoo

 

[jamie]

Wahoo!

 

[riggsp]

Couple more projects from this weekend.
Unicorn, guitar and Chief Wahoo

I like those

 

[jaustin]

Have a live stream on YouTube of the Onefinity running doing a 24" Looney tunes Aztec calendar.

 

[tri4sale]

Have a live stream on YouTube of the Onefinity running doing a 24" Looney tunes Aztec calendar.

Does your software give you an estimate of how long it will take?

 

[kserdar]

Is that the ~$100 Makita router?
I have been using one on my CNC for over 10 years now. The original bearings went out after about 1 year. Replaced the bearings with better ones off Amazon and it has been fine since then.
I did purchase a backup refub router, just in case.

 

[kserdar]

Does your software give you an estimate of how long it will take?

Aspire will give an estimate. I have never trusted it too much. There are many parameters that you need to fiddle with to get it accurate.
It isn't worth the effort, unless you are billing by that time.

 

[jaustin]

Does your software give you an estimate of how long it will take?

Yes it gave a estimate and was off about 1hr.

Is that the ~$100 Makita router?
I have been using one on my CNC for over 10 years now. The original bearings went out after about 1 year. Replaced the bearings with better ones off Amazon and it has been fine since then.
I did purchase a backup refub router, just in case.

Yes it is the $100 router, it went out after the first 10 hours sent it in for warranty repair think it was a issue with the armature,Brushes wore out and so did the replacement brushes in less than 10 hrs. Think I have more on it now so hopefully it will last.

I picked up the Harbor freight version just in case it dies and i need the machine running

I used the HF till the Makita was returned.Figured the HF would of died before the Makita.

I was surprised how quit it is when it run's.

 

[jaustin]

I had some of the settings off but here is how it turned out.

 

[kserdar]

Yes it gave a estimate and was off about 1hr.



Yes it is the $100 router, it went out after the first 10 hours sent it in for warranty repair think it was a issue with the armature,Brushes wore out and so did the replacement brushes in less than 10 hrs. Think I have more on it now so hopefully it will last.

I picked up the Harbor freight version just in case it dies and i need the machine running

I used the HF till the Makita was returned.Figured the HF would of died before the Makita.

I was surprised how quit it is when it run's.

I checked a little closer - your using a "trim" router. I have been using the plunge router version.

 

[jaustin]

yest its the 1 1/4 router

 

[mkepke]

For what it's worth, I just picked up the Carbide 3D knockoff of the Makita trim router. It was $80. Selling points for me were the longer cord (12') and it includes spare brushes and a set of precision 1/8" and 1/4" collets. An aftermarket 1/8" collet for the Makita seems to run $25-30 by itself.

Keep posting the projects you guys.

-Mark

 

[jaustin]

I was able to finally make a few things to be sold in Tobacco stores.
cigar ash trays with slate inserts

we got talking and asked about wood trays
and these are what i came up with

 

[RouterGuy]

I've had a Onefinity for 6 months now and I love it. Definitely was a learning curve for me.

 

[woodlaker2]

This thread is great. Like some others here I too am thinking about entry level CNC. While the machines seem straight forward enough, my hesitancy has been what I feel may be a steep learning curve on the computer software side of the equation. Any observations on how a newbie might best get up to speed there?

 

[tri4sale]

This thread is great. Like some others here I too am thinking about entry level CNC. While the machines seem straight forward enough, my hesitancy has been what I feel may be a steep learning curve on the computer software side of the equation. Any observations on how a newbie might best get up to speed there?

Buy raffle tickets and hope to win the ShopBot training class

And if that doesn't work out, best way is to just dive in and play around, and watch lots of YouTube videos. This is what I did first, and then I won a ShopBot class and went to that (I think they are online now)

 

[RouterGuy]

This thread is great. Like some others here I too am thinking about entry level CNC. While the machines seem straight forward enough, my hesitancy has been what I feel may be a steep learning curve on the computer software side of the equation. Any observations on how a newbie might best get up to speed there?

I was completely new to CNC when I got mine this year. It definitely took a few months to learn. Speeds / feeds / bit types / depth of cut. I use Vcarve Pro for my software and it has some complex features but it's not too hard to learn.

 

[jaustin]

This thread is great. Like some others here I too am thinking about entry level CNC. While the machines seem straight forward enough, my hesitancy has been what I feel may be a steep learning curve on the computer software side of the equation. Any observations on how a newbie might best get up to speed there?

There are a few free programs like carbide create and easel.
You can design most thinkgs in carbide create the above pictures where design using carbide create. There is usually facebook groups to help you with what ever cnc machine you get.

 

[jaustin]

I've had a Onefinity for 6 months now and I love it. Definitely was a learning curve for me.

I have mine for a year and sold a few things and gave stuff away.

If anyone is interested in seeing a onefinity before buying one your more than welcome to come and check it out.
I am not the best with all the designing software /technical stuff but i will help anyway i can.

 

[chris_goris]

I was completely new to CNC when I got mine this year. It definitely took a few months to learn. Speeds / feeds / bit types / depth of cut. I use Vcarve Pro for my software and it has some complex features but it's not too hard to learn.

Im amazed you would spend $2k for software as a newbie.