Making progress… slowly. Tomorrow I hope to get a good hour or more.
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Looking really nice bud. Keep up the good work!
With everyone’s help, I managed not to screw up too badly, or Atleast cause any permanent damage.
I was able to download the test crown gcode and connect with repeater. I printed a couple test crowns, my only problem was getting the pressure on the paper correct. I am sure I can figure this one out.
Baby steps…
Awesome.
It does look to be out of square a bit though. That would be why the left side is “pinched”. You might want to try squaring up the machine again. I may be wrong.
I think it is very close to square, but what you are seeing is my inability to set z home and therefor there is too much downward pressure on the marker. It was in the tool holder rather snuggly, and it was studdering as it moved. Honestly, last night I was just happy it was alive.
Ah, gotcha
Set the Z at one extra paper thickness and try a ball point pen (preferably with my mount).
My file should reset your coordinates automatically.
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Thank you.
My best crown yet! I realized the sources of errors were due to the type of marker and not using Ryan’s mount. Both have been fixed. My next mission is to create a rectangle and check for squareness, while tackling the learning curve of Cam software on my Mac. I would appreciate any feedback.
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Ok , maybe I will have time tomorrow to play with carbide 3D. I think I understand it.
Tonight, with manual control in repeater-host I drew a 160 mm x 250 mm rectangle. One diagonal measured 11.875 inches while the other measured about 12.125 inches. Tomorrow I will work on squares by up the mpcnc.
Ok, I have the plotting function working. I went to mount the dewalt, only to realize I double printed one part due to a printing fail.
The lower lock is almost done being printed and then the fun begins.
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I see’s a dolphin! Congrats on your first carve!!!
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Keep it up…and keep that foam around. Such a good habit to do practice cuts!
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Hey! I missed this forever ago, but the lights look really good over my garage, and they are invisible when not powered up. I followed the attached video and it was pretty easy. If I could do it over, I’d do 12v lights instead of 5v. The extra few bucks per strip is worth the effort saved on “power injection”. There are 3 videos in the series. Mine survived a ND winter with winds 50mph+ and temps down to -30F also summer with temps right near or over 100F. Ran a simple red white green scheme over the winter, and a red white blue this summer over the 4th. I’ll soon be putting together an orange Halloween thing.
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