Just broke a 1/8” spiral down cut, 1/4” shank in a piece of cedar fence picket -like, the softest wood I have- running at 15mm/s, 3mm step down.
Hit a hidden knot or something, and it skipped a bunch of belt teeth in the Y direction . The gantry carriage also looks like it’s a bit wonky
Once I get some time this evening, I’ll fire it back up and square everything, see where we are at.
I had 1 job left to go before Sunday. Company logo sign. Uugghh
The steppers probably skipped (which sounds like the belt is skipping). They aren’t hurt by it. There’s aren’t actual gears grinding when that happens (even though it sounds like when I learned to drive a stick). Hopefully your machine is totally fine.
Weird that it broke a bit. Any chance the bit stopped spinning, or the uncut part of the shaft hit the work?
Nope- piece was 5/8 cedar plank, but was a SpeTools long reach with 1.25” cutting length. It was 3/8” into the piece when it happened. The router was still spinning.
When I removed the piece, there was a
Small chunk of the bit embedded in a dense knot. It wasn’t visible on the surface. I don’t know- maybe I dropped it or it was defective?
Got a bunch more coming today, hopefully nothing untoward with the machine. I have a couple jobs to finish for the craft show tomorrow!
Did this for a client build, custom charcuterie board motif - 1.5” wingspan
0.25mm ballnose, 0.25mm DOC, 15mm/s. Two paths- area clear plus an outline profile.
Black spray paint then sanded.
Came out decent. Client is very happy and asked if I could do a walnut 24x14” serving board, with a small patch of honeycomb and 8-9 bees. Plus flowers.
So now I need to figure out flowers, lol
And our first ‘craft show’ which was really just a neighborhood excuse to eat chili and throw a football around.
CTR Interstate Inc Enterprises.
Your work is stunning. I really appreciate you sharing. I am really wanting to try some epoxy because of you. My surfboard repair days have made me stay clear of it all this time, but you are really tempting me.
I appreciate that Ryan, thank you.
All possible because of your time, effort and generosity.
Laser test- 3.4mm walnut scrap, 90% power, 4mm/s (timed) 1 pass. AirA+ handheld piece
This was with laser mounted but moving piece by hand.
I’m pretty happy with it so far. Really hope to properly hook it up at weekend.
That’s the ESP01 chip for wifi control on the skrpro1.2 board.
Looks like my evening just got better
Never mind
Just got a last minute job I need to do tonight, so no messing around with control system for me tonight
Get it!!! I love hearing stuff like this.
Thanks again for your help on the other thread Ryan, appreciate it!
So- for the past couple weeks I’ve been following Ryan’s progress with getting the spr pro1.2 set up as a headless control board, using an Esp01s wifi and BT module. I bought one at the start of the week after they hit the store, and I got a chance to install it this morning.
Couple super minor hiccups, but less than 20 minutes hand on time after opening the package, I can now dispense with the TFT and can control the LR3 via a web portal on a fireHD8 tablet.
I’m trying to find my old BT keyboard, to make jogging (arrow keys do XY, pg up/dn controls Z) and typing commands even easier. I have a microSD/sd extension cable coming that I’ll plug into the microSD slot on the board and double-sides tape the SD end onto the control box. And the top of the box is a perfect size clear area I’m thinking I’ll put the laser control board on (will require extending the 4 wire control bundle though) instead of sticking it to the gantry.
Just realized I didn’t share the laser mount solution-
That’s a @DougJoseph ’pen mount part A’ combined with a remix of @bbue09 ’part B plate adapter’ specifically for the neje mount. Works perfectly.
I did remix it down the 32mm using Tinkercad - my first remix- and I could still bring it in maybe 9-12 mm to reduce the cantilever, but I honestly don’t think it’ll be an issue. For cutting, I’ll be running 4-5mm/sec, so slow
Looking good! Sharp! I’m sure it will function just like you planned.
So- downloaded Lightburn last night, and tried to add the LR3 as a Marlin laser engraver, via IP from the ESP01s - no dice
It seems the marlin configuration only allows USB hookup.
When I try faking it as a Ruiza device, that allows LAN/UDP, LB will recognize the IP address and it connects for maybe 200mS- literally a blip, then disconnects.
Bummer - looks like I’ll need to tether my laptop if I need the camera or positioning functionality.
Otherwise-
Export to gcode and run from SD the same way I do for Milling jobs
Next up- laser wiring : separate 12v power supply and PWM wires into the temp board (allows me to dial back PWM manually) attached to the control box, and a long 4 wire from there to the core
Z- probe wiring : thinking of adding a phono jack to the control box, wiring it to the pins and having the whole harness removable
Macros for the ESP3D: need ideas. Basic stuff like laser head offset for home, laser positioning
Additional: with the number of fan ports and controllable voltage pins- what are some
Useful things people are using these for?
Spindle on/off, air assist on/off? What else ?
Got this coming today too
