CNC Shark Forum

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I bought this machine a few years ago, knowing absolutely nothing about CNCs. I have watched most of the tutorials and discovered that this thing does way more than I will ever understand. I am truly self-taught which is a testimony for Shark. There have been a number of quirks. I remember an issue ...

Thanks for you suggestions guys. 4DThinker seems to be right. There is nothing to be done. However, it is 3 am and I cannot sleep, so I have been messing with it .... again. I changed the offset from .2 to .25. Now when I preview the tool path, it appears to zoom right through it. It will probably b...

I have a very simple sign to carve yet the text is making me crazy. For no apparent reason, rather than a smooth carving motion around the text, the bit wants to move up and down like a Singer sewing machine. I changed the text to curves and the problem remains. This has happened before. I cannot fi...

Have you checked the couplings to make sure they are all tight? Tony Thanks everyone. Yes, it was the Z coupling. I tightened/lubed everything, including it but it slipped back again. There is quite a bit of play in them and I have them as tight as I can go without stripping them. Can I get replace...

Can someone help me figure out what I am doing wrong. I attached a picture of some Times New Roman text. Notice how the longer strokes (like the vertical strokes of "I" and "T") are flared out at the center. I have tried numerous similar texts with the same results. I have not tried converting the t...