CNC Shark Forum

I have tried 3 times now to make a lithophane and so far have not had any success
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Wolffie

Thanks you Tim
I have no idea what kind of foam it is, I bought it locally.
The seller buys it in huge blocks and then cuts it to the thickness you want.
All I know is it's light green.
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Wolffie

I would often get the "out of memory" error when I tried to combine toolpaths. Since I started saving each toolpath individually, I haven't got that error. Another benefit of that is, that the router and bit get a rest before it starts on the next one, lessening the chance of overheating. Cheers Wol...

Did you reset to XYZ0 before you started the next cut?
I have been caught a few times forgetting to do that
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Wolffie

Everything was done as per the instructions.
It works ok in Imperial, just not in metrics.
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Wolffie

Just gave it another try to see whether I did something wrong first time. WELL I DIDN'T. I does not work in metric. Took 5 minutes to get down to touch the plate, then the router flew up as high as it could possibly go and started growling at me because the screw still tried to go higher. Hit the pa...

Made this yesterday The Cassowary is the bird our shire is named from.
The green is for Tropical Queensland.
The light blue is for all the rain we get in the wet season.
It was all done in Aspire.
Thanks for looking
Wolffie

Hi papabear I get hardly any play at all in mine. I did make a new router bracket in HDPU because the old one didn't fit my router but I am going to make another one in aluminium. I don't like the way my router is wobbling in the bracket :roll: Gotta find a lump of aluminium first though :D Cheers W...

Good news

If it happens to anyone, you do not have to buy a new card, the old one just need to be formatted and it will work again.
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Wolffie

Yes, it was the card that was fried.
Wonder whether that is going to be a repeated occurrence?
Wolffie