First ShopBot and VCarve Project Run!

[lpcsales]

Well, here it is ...not much, (and it's a lousy picture too, sorry) but it was the first file to run on my new ShopBot and no bit breakage, crashes, workpiece breakage or anything! Can't believe it!
Everything worked beautifully and it only took about 4 minutes to run. I probably could have reduced the feed rate as I can see 'some' minor roughage in the cuts. I used Vcarve Pro for generate the cut file and it was an easy task.

The wood is an Alder 9 x 12 plaque and it cut quite good considering I'm still an amateur (very) at this.
Now on to a clamping system of some sorts...thinking of the vacuum pods as it looks to be the most versatile for what I want to do.

Oh...btw, I'm the guy on the left in the carving!


David
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[dighsx]

Congrats on your first cuts, they look good. What bit did you use and what was your feed rate?

[lpcsales]

I used a 1" dia. 60 deg. v-cutter. The feed was 3 ips and the plunge was .75 ips. The workpiece was simply held to the spoiler by carpet tape. By the end of the weekend I hope to have a vacuum pod system in place. Even though the picture doesn't show it well, some of the cuts were almost through the .75 thk. material. Probably should have used a 90 degree cutter on this one. Still a newbie in the learning process.

[lpcsales]

I used a 1" dia. 60 deg. v-cutter. The feed was 3 ips and the plunge was .75 ips. The workpiece was simply held to the spoiler by carpet tape. By the end of the weekend I hope to have a vacuum pod system in place. Even though the picture doesn't show it well, some of the cuts were almost through the .75 thk. material. Probably should have used a 90 degree cutter on this one. Still a newbie in the learning process.

[dighsx]

Hey Dave if you get a chance post some pictures of your new machine here: http://www.vectric.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=422