CNC Shark Forum

Hi Leonard - I think the problem is with some of your VCarve settings and the way you are setting Z Zero in the shark control panel. Before trying to talk you through that, it would really help to be able to see your toolpath and your vcarve file. If you are able / willing to post them we could prob...

Bob - What I did intially was to build a small box that I put over the electronics. It had large vent holes in the sides and top of the box that I covered with a loose weave material. That worked, but now I've moved the electronics underneath the table I built for my shark. I put dust curtains aroun...

Bob - That's great news. I'm glad it worked out. As far as the gcode not scrolling while the program runs, I have that happen every now and then as well. Usually after I've run several toolpaths in a row. It doesn't seem to affect the way the shark works, but it did make me a little nervous the firs...

Hi leonard - Let me make sure we understand your problem. I'm going to restate what I think you were saying and add some questions that look like this 1) you set X = 0 and y = 0 at the same point on your workpiece in the Shark Control Program as you set the XY origin in your VCarve file. That would ...

Leonard - I started a new thread and posted a response there. Poor Bob has enough problems without having his thread hijacked.


Ed

Bob - One other thought. Try a different brand of SD card. Changing brands solved some problems with a friends digital camera a while back. You never know.

Ed

Have you tried using a smaller capacity SD card? Like 2GB instead of 4. I don't know what file system the controller uses, but I do know that it had problems when I was using filenames longer than 8 characters for scan probe output. That reminded me of the days when filenames were limited to 8 chara...

Bob - The FRO ("Feed Rate Operator") will scale the feedrate for the entire toolpath being run. If you defined a feed rate of 100 ipm in VCarve and moved FRO to 50% then that would be the same (ballparking here) as having specified 50 ipm in vcarve. That's how I understand it anyway. When you press ...

Depending on what you are trying to do (e.g. how many holes, what size, how deep, what kind of accuracy do you need) and how much your time is worth, you have a couple of options in addition to doing something like Paul offered: 1) Buy 1/16", 1/8" and 1/4" end mills. Use them to mill whatever size h...

Bob - Any time you hit a stop on an axis while running a job you might as well just end the job. You need to figure out what you are doing that is causing the machine to max out. What have you set your rapid Z clearance at in the material setup in VCarve? If you use too large a number you increase t...