OFF-TOPIC got really boring.... What you all been up to ?

TO start it off.... I hunt and train pointing dogs in my off time. 100+ birds in the bag this fall ( and a few deer ) and the Lakes froze over last weekend so some hard water fishing happening in Minesoooootahhh !!!

What you all been up to ?

Kp61dude! over 1 year ago

There is about a 95% chance that I will be buying this Sept 8th or 9th, depends on the sale they are having at the Expo, and all the answers I can get about it. Either the 520 (25"x50"x7" @ $5000) or the 510 (25"x25"x7" @ $4000). They also have a 3D scanning head attachment for $350 for the thing. Also, a 2watt ($500) or 7watt ($1000) laser attachment for it as well. Use your own router or get a 2hp water-cooled spindle ($1000) or a 3hp water-cooled spindle ($1400). There is also a motorized 4th axis (lathe) unit.

https://www.nextwavecnc.com/shark-hd520/

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That's awesome!!! I am in the process of planning to build my own controls for one, I don't I want to build the machine itself so I may find me a company who offers a bare machine minus the controls and motors and such.
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Kp61dude! over 1 year ago in reply to Kp61dude!

here's a buddy who built his own: https://youtu.be/t3ZjUx3IhHw
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Matthew D. Hoedeman over 1 year ago in reply to Kp61dude!

I don't think I would want to do 'the work' to make one. I'll just pay for the work. I went and saw the 510 at the 'lumber yard' where I will buy from, and that thing is one heavy sucker, let me tell you! It was plenty hard to just 'rock it up' on one side. The integration of the hardware and software has some amazing abilities. The neatest one (if you run from a PC and not a USB stick) is that you can 'map out' the warp of the piece of wood you are working and it will adjust the code as it goes so that if you want a 1/4" deep cut, it is 1/4" deep everywhere.
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louisd over 1 year ago in reply to Matthew D. Hoedeman

i have a 7w china/ebay laser engraver (it was like 400 bucks for the entire assembly). it is not nearly as powerful as you would think. needed like 20 passes at 100% intensity and 1% speed to cut through a 5/32" thick piece of birch veneer wood i got at home depot. and it burned the edges to a crisp.

another thing to consider. any higher than 7w will mandate smoke/fume capture and mitigation/ventilation plumbing.
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Matthew D. Hoedeman over 1 year ago in reply to Matthew D. Hoedeman

that is probably why the biggest they offer is 7w, keeps them out of the hands of the regulators.
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Matthew D. Hoedeman over 1 year ago in reply to Kp61dude!

Looking at his video, I see that he is using the same 'programming' software that comes with the Shark.
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Kp61dude! over 1 year ago in reply to Kp61dude!

Yeah VCarve is a common NC software for this type of work.
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Matthew D. Hoedeman over 1 year ago

The 'BANANA CAR' was in town over the weekend so we went and took a ride in it.

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Matthew D. Hoedeman over 1 year ago in reply to Kp61dude!

Well, I bought it Friday, my daughter helped me get it into the house and put together, i then did the wiring (plug "A" into "A1" kind of thing) on Saturday, then using the only piece of 'good wood' I had, I cut a project. Came out decent (plaque), but I didn't buy any bits, so I only had the V bit that came with the machine. I did order stuff (Amazon) that most has shown up, still waiting on some (bits and more bits).

That is one heavy sumditch. I'm guessing 400+ pounds. And just 2 of us to get it out of the van, into the house, and up on the table I had for it.
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Kp61dude! over 1 year ago in reply to Kp61dude!

Noice! +400lbs glad no one got hurt!
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