Achievement unlocked: metal milling

Um, no, was I meant to have been using misting? :face_with_open_eyes_and_hand_over_mouth:

I’ve 2 strips of WS2812 LEDs and a WLED board in the gantry to control them. I kind of hoped FluidNC would be able to send network notifications somehow to activate WLED presets but not so far so I usually leave it doing a rainbow cycle unless I need more white light.

I wonder if the aquarium pump for the laser would be enough of a scoot to make any difference. I was finding the slots were mostly self clearing anyway oddly enough it seemed better going in Y than in X but I I can’t see why that would be. I’m guessing if slots were clogging making the width of the oscillations would help.

I’m curious to try a 3d profile but I’m not going to risk the bit getting broken- I have a couple of spares on the way. And some cheap Amazon looking-likeys to see if they perform the same. By the end of the month I’ll have 12, 15 and 17mm length Ali cutters.

Why yes, my critical time sensitive actual job related work is going fine thank-you for asking. :disappointed:

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If you use trochoidal you can do it without. Have been doing that forever. :slightly_smiling_face:

Didn’t @Jonathjon do this? Different colours for different stages, like the Prusa printer’s LEDs?

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@vicious1 one figured it out. And I used it

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