Status on Lowrider 4

LowRider CNC Advice
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His secret is having a job where you are not working for a few weeks as well as grown-up kids and an understanding wife. :smiley:

I only have the understanding wife, my summer holidays are over. :smiley:

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Hey I gave y’all 2 weeks to catch up while I was at work and couldn’t do anything LOL. Sad thing is I think I am beating the boss man who prints all these parts before he ever gives them to us LOL. But I know he has 10,000 other things going on as well!

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LOL, reassuring to hear am not the only one impressed by Jonathan’s productivity and progress.

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Sad thing is I spend half the day screwing around getting nothing done. I could build 2 of these a day if I didn’t “squirrel” so much lol

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Maybe having the inner squirrel is the key to being motivated when you ARE working…

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But are they multi colored prints? :stuck_out_tongue:

Yeah, me neither… so close I can taste it.

Built the ERCF just in time though, seeing as I’ll wait for Lowrider 4 as a punishment.

Thanks for all you do, each of you!

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Hush. It will hear you and start aggravating me again! :rofl: It is actually working ok’ish right now. I just have to finish working on my filament feed solution. Too many other irons in the fire right now LOL

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I’m the same. Working out the leds and the filament cutting/feeding needs to be more consistent.

Plus is I’ll soon be trying rabbit for the first time, cause I hate em.

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I’m watching this closely!

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Looking forward to this! Curious though, what improvements are you aiming for with the V4? Just overall sturdier?

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You can have a sneak peak here:

Or check Ryan’s playlist, there are a few short videos as well: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNTqw0XBIzCCxZ5SWocae1VjyeloyAgHC

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I think I’ll dismantle the mpcnc I was going to make into a plasma cutter and use the parts for a LR4.

Hopefully Ryan is able to sort the distributer for jackpots for those of us outside the USA too.

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What would you like to see changed?

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I’m not Josh, but I loved this question.

I’m pretty happy with my LR3 setup, so I had trouble articulating my thoughts.

  • Based on the patreon images, I like that it appears to protect the wiring from someone in my solo garage workshop snagging it on something and damaging it.
  • I also appreciate any changes that maximize the cutting area while minimizing the machine footprint. I know there are practical limits, and I don’t know how much the LR3 footprint could be improved. But space is always at a premium.

Thanks for such an awesome project, and thanks to the beta testers who take a lot of lumps for the benefit of the rest of us.

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Pretty sure I got both of those covered. Neither was easy

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And both of them are awesome! :heart:

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This is really exciting to hear about an LR4. I’ve updated my LR3 with larger SS rails and a water-cooled spindle. It’s been a champion, and I’m nearly finished cutting the last of my kitchen cabinets. 22 in all in 3/4" Maple Plywood. I’ve only had 1 major issue and that was with the drivers on my SKR controller overheating which would randomly drop the spindle into the workpiece. I finally caught on to what was happening and printed a larger enclosure with fan powered cooling. Problem solved. All thanks to the community.

WishList? I know the physics gods are fighting it, but being able to do deeper carves into bowls and such without concern of hitting the core would be my biggest wish…

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Drop table and longer endmill

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I have a feeling when they flesh this out, and finalize things… This will be the one.

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I agree! Hopefully it works out like it seems. I think @barry99705 is working on one now.