X-Carve Assembled

The mechanical assembly only took a few nights after work to do the initial frame and sub assemblies.

I watched the videos and read through the portions of the instructions from inventables that I purchased and would need. It went very well I did not have any issues, so follow these and watch the videos for your build ( side note I am a mechanical designer for an automation company, so I make similar designs and make drawings for this type of stuff, obviously not exactly but similar) I downloaded the model on grab cad so I had also seen every part in CAD and could reference that if I needed more detail.

I built my own waste board measured and drilled over 150 holes and bought the inserts from inventables instead of using the inventables kit.

I purchased yonico bits off of amazon because of posts on the forum and the 1/2 and 3/4 plunge bits from MLCS

I am not a huge fan of electrical design and assembly but I compiled my power supplies, Stepper motor drivers, stepper motors ( purchased from StepperOnline ) , enclosure, Hicon power supply from mouser, IoT spindle controller from a post on inventables forum for my Dewalt 611.

I took a weekend and assembled my controls package and wired all of my motors, limit switches, router,...... I soldered and wired all the components and excuse the mess I am waiting on a couple panel connectors to finish up the last of my controls including a touch plate for tool changes.

Finished product. Fully operational and "cutting" foam at first.

Some actual footage of it running.

Thank you for reading more to come!

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OPT laser - personalized notebook

One of the few OPT laser projects I have completed on my X-carve. 10mm/sec 45% power. Made for a friend of mine for his company so that he has a nicer notepad to use at customer facilities. I hope to have my ornament 2017 post and the installation of the laser posts up soon.

Poly, Cut, and Paint also Suckit Dust boot

I received my kickstarter backed Suckit Dust Boot and installed that before cutting out this sign. The installation was easy ( besides my non inventables stepper being a touch longer then expected), I had to remove my Z axis stepper and insert the pieces unlike teh directions which stated you should be able to get it in there without disassembly. But that was the hardest part. Everything else worked great and it functions great. Way less dust to contend with with the boot and vacuum going. With the new addition in place I cut my first practice poly, cut and paint sign for a local business www.quinnwoodbats.com they harvest and manufacture all their bats here in Maine. I sanded the whole thing smooth and cut the bracket pocket on the back so it will sit flush on the wall. Liberally added a few coats of poly as I knew I would be profile cutting the final shape and drips did not matter Carved a v-carve program with Mach4, 60 degree engrave bit for th...

X-Carve calibration

I followed these steps: for the X and Y using the same shinwa machinist rule and an engraving bit: I used a dial indicator to calibrate my Z axis as in this video I then calculated the change from the measured vs actual that I came up with from the initial setup and changed my settings in Mach4. I have not had to re-calibrate since I originally setup my X-Carve but I have also not pushed it too hard as of this point.

PTO X-Carve

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