CNC Shark Forum

Thanks for the replies. I have been using a 3/4" MDF board, but it has never seemed to work very well. I guess I just need to go back to square one and take a little more time. I really like the dowel pin/bench dog inserts in the HDPE top, so I might try something like that. I will let you know what...

I am interested in knowing how others hold their work while cutting and engraving. I have been having a lot of difficulty getting consistent results with depth of cut. I know from reading other posts and investigating my machine it has a little to do with my bed being on a slightly different plane t...

I have done a decent amount of engraving on my shark using Vcarves "plate production" http://www.vectric.com/WebSite/Vectric/support/aspire3_vcp6/pdf/2d-mach/Plate_Production.pdf When I do a batch I have issues with the depth of engraving being uneven (this is problem because of uneven clamping pres...

I know that I am coming to this conversation a little late, but I have used the fret slot cutters from precisebits.com and they are fantastic. In fact with the exception of the large v-carve bits I only use precise bits. I have the upgrade collet for my colt router and I have had great success with ...

I stumbled across this link in the "Official Luthiers Forum" CNC section and just thought I would pass the link along. The following link will take you to the curriculum page of a project that was funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation. If you click on the link titled "2011 Summer Gu...

Sorry Guys I forgot to add the two links. The first is the address for the SketchChair site: http://www.sketchchair.cc The software is going to be open source but since it is still in pre-development the developers are taking "donations" for early access to the software and help its development. Her...

A couple of months ago I came across a program that lets you visually design chairs that can be cut out on a CNC machine. This project is called Sketch Chair. The program is currently in a pre-release state and has a lot of bugs but is very fun to play around with (until it crashes and destroys all ...

JerryBurks wrote:If somebody wants to see how it developed,here some more pictures

The link appears to be broken. This looks fantastic I am very interested in how your project developed.

I apologize for the vagueness of my question. I assumed you had used vCarve Pro and was wondering when you generated your toolpaths what type they were profile, pocket, etc. After I took the time to look at what you made the only logical type of toolpath would be a pocket. I am sorry for the confusi...

Looks great Bob. I am very interested in these joints. What type of tooling path did you use on your piece?