My old machine I really wanted to do some two sided work…but there was NO WAY I was going to try. It was way too easy to bump it out of alignment. This one…pretty sure I’ll be trying it sooner or later!
Still fighting to find holding tab settings that work for me in estlcam…full height works…but I hate them. I tried 3mm cutting 11.9mm thick ply with a 12.5mm cutting depth…and…went right through them on the final pass 
So…still haven’t found something that works for me there. But I’ll keep experimenting.
I made 2 more tulips - and this time actually measured the wood first so the slots fit perfectly:
And a few more bunnies:
Our ground here is basically compacted sand so I figured putting a bit of a point on the all thread would make theme easier to jab into the ground. Turns out they also make decent jarts!
My JST-PH 2.0 connectors came in as well…only to find out that the M5Dial is not actually JST-PH2.0. Grove doesn’t use JST-PH…it uses HY2.0 which is very similar but has slightly different keys on the plugs And apparently HY pins and housings are remarkably hard to find…so I gave in and ordered some pigtails. Which showed up today so I was able to get my Fluid Dial attached finally:
Worked first try thanks to the tips in @DougJoseph’s thread
Not sure I really like the m5 dial though My CYS came in last week so just waiting on the dial to build a CYD Dial and see if I like it better. I do have a bunch of encoders on hand so I could start building it up with one of those to test…
Only bummer is when I ordered the 4 conductor cable off Amazon I did NOT get 30’ as the listing stated…I got just under 6’. Which feels like the right length for a pendant…I don’t want to add connectors on both ends…but I might just because I have a big bag of 4 pin aircraft connectors (somewhere…they may still be at the old house as I can’t find them) and I don’t want 3’ cords and don’t have other wire that’s suitable.
But - I may also just build up the CYD and try it…and which ever I like better just leave hardwired.
I did get more 1/8" endmills in today too finally so I’ve got a nice new 1/4" from Ryan and 4 more of the same 1/8" I’ve been using. It’s a single flute I got from drillman1 on ebay years ago…I see he’s now “oliver tool company” but they’re still about $5 and seem decent. I originally got it for cutting acrylic but like it for wood too. Picked up 4 of them since it seems like I’ll be getting more use out of the machine than I did out of my old machine!
Still need to extend the endstop and probe wires so I can close up my box…but getting really close to having the LR4 totally in a state I’m happy with.
Hopefully this weekend I can get a new spoil board and maybe start on an updated needle cutter design.
Need to figure out what bits to try to do some carving too…just starting to research that…