I cba with most people tbh. It’s bad enough being self employed and dealing with them 
Far prefer animals.
… I’ve become a grumpy old man
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But animals don’t pay you. 
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They don’t make up excuses for not doing so either 
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Tried an Aztec calendar today and had issues, x axis. I’ve seen this before. Not slipping, but always seems to be files from my mac. Never had it from my windows laptop but perhaps coincidence- it’s also an old sd card. Could either of these be known issues? I did scale the calendar and it did warn me of potential issues, but I assumed it’s because I went from 60x60 to 30x30 tbh and overlaps from a 12mm v bit more than losing x position.
So it’s 100% the mac and parallels. Did it again today on a file I tested, then tested the wintendo surface thing.
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I’ve always liked these. Where did you get the file? Also what software and cutters? Nice!!
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I got it here - CNCnutz: Making an Aztec Calendar Part 1 - Episode 149
I used a 12mm 90 degree v bit I got free amongst others with my £15 router… its not perfect and I doubt perfectly 90 degrees tbh.
I used a 1/4 to cut round the outside.
It took about 4 hours I think give or take 
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I think you graduated from Total CNC Noob!! 
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hahaha hardly, I havent even put the braces on the machine yet
So many things to try, luckily my neighbours ( bar one who I dont speak to ) have given me bits of old wood after witnessing it today I really want to try an STL - carve and I got some metal to try as well
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Bit of a random morning here, I have purchased something called a spindle. I know very little about these other than I used to use inverters at work LONG ago… and the training is a far, distant memory.
It is as listed, “ 2.2KW ER20 220V Water cooled spindle, inverter, water pump and collets kit “
I managed to get it for £125 with the inverter and water pump / pipes which I hope isn’t a bad deal? My hope is its a little quieter for the neighbours than my £15 china noise machine. If anyone has any info on these before I go delving into research, I would be appreciative.
That is a pretty incredible deal! The few times I have seen them in action - they are brutes. The Onefinity CNC machines are kind of designed for these. Those can definitely cut through metal - but please finish the gantry!
Make sure you use some algaecide to keep the water coolant from getting gross.
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Aluminium, which kind of is the wood of metal.
Antifreeze does the trick, and distilled water.
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Yes yes its more for quietness tbh, the wife heard me from 1/4 mile away today apparently…. bet it was someone else with a grinder 