Gallery Of Machines

An area to upload images of pieces cut using VCarve Pro
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IslaWW
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Here is a video of a new machine in development. Purpose was more to test multiple tools using a preset Z Zero to bed rather than surface. Model is one of the included clip art. Toolpath with VCPro.

Gary Campbell
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Rcnewcomb
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Fine looking machine!
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LittleGreyMan
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Re: Gallery Of Machines

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Nice sturdy machine, Gary.

How did you hold the model at the end of the cut? A manually removed onion skin?

For those who hesitate spending more bucks to buy a sturdy machine versus a light one, have a look at Gary's video.

A cheap machine can't simply achieve this quality level and a lot of issues I've seen on this forum can be avoided with a serious CNC like this one.
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IslaWW
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LGM...
You're right on. Material was .9" I took two .4" passes and left a .1" onionskin. A lot of users overlook the importance of good hold down when trying to obtain a good finish. The rigidity of the machine and power of the servos don't hurt either!
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MoHawk
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Model of CNC Machine: Avid CNC Pro 4824
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About 2.5 years ago I started designing a cnc router build. After buying a few parts, I decided it was going to take more time than I wanted to spend on the project. I sold all of the parts I had accumulated and ordered a CNC Router Parts 4824 Pro. Shortly after I started assembly CNCRP came out with their upgraded Pro that had linear rails. I made a call to them and found they would supply the linear rail conversion to recent buyers at a reduced price, which I ordered. I'm glad I made the decision to purchase their kit; it was very easy to assemble and get into production. I use it for my own hobby work.
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gad5264
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My build of a Dave Gatton GarageworX 18x24

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CZ75
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Some nice looking machines in here. Mine is a CNCRP Pro4824.

DakotaBusy
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Here is a video of my brother and I putting our open build OX cnc machine together. This video shows some of the issues we had when we got all the parts. We got the machine from Hobby-Fab, which I believe in the past couple weeks has went under since their website no longer works.
My machine is 1500mm x 1500mm. I made it on a fold up work bench, since my wife would probably be angry if she couldn't park her car in the garage anymore. lol
So far everything works great. I had to tweak a few things here and there. Like the step off from the limit switch for the x axis to allow it to home without throwing alarms and some other minor things.
The power box for the machine uses a raspberry pi with a built in bcnc program to control the machine using gcode.

Check out the link up top to see what our build looked like :) While your there, feel free to subscribe.

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One of my latest projects, adding CNC control to a wood lathe:

GCnC411@gmail.com for more info
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Gary,
I have been watching the series on your YouTube channel.
That thing is just awesome!
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Thanks Ed. I try to make the stuff that the CNC OEM's do not.
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Here is a short video of a small metal lathe retrofitted with Teknic ClearPath servos and Centroid Acorn control:

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A short video of another wood lathe before it leaves the shop:
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RM-Wood
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Model of CNC Machine: 6040-CNCEST-E1500W

Re: Gallery Of Machines

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First project with Diamond Drag Bit I'm amazed at this CNCEST accuracy The Dragons eye pupal is 1mm in diameter.
I used Vectric Vcarve Desktop very nice program easy to learn.
The drag bit was found on ebay very good bit! reasonable price.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/6mm-MSS-DRA...72.m2749.l2649

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RM-Wood wrote:
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First project with Diamond Drag Bit I'm amazed at this CNCEST accuracy The Dragons eye pupal is 1mm in diameter.
I used Vectric Vcarve Desktop very nice program easy to learn.
The drag bit was found on ebay very good bit! reasonable price.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/6mm-MSS-DRA...72.m2749.l2649
Same machine as what I have. Although a lot of the Chinese machines get a pretty bad rap, the CNCEST seems to be pretty good. Since you have the same machine, do you have power surge/purge issues, especially during storms? I run a ground from both the controller and the carrier of the machine directly to an outside ground. That helped a lot, but still get surges/purges, which could effect my mach3 settings when running a job.

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