CNC Shark Forum

I dont know what more you want. I am sharing all the information that i used to create this project.

As stated in my original post, the plans are from a company called Toys and Joys. A catalog is available from them and you can order full size plans which then can be redrawn in v carve. I do not have any specific files to share because i only created were it was feasable to cnc the parts. A lot of ...

Does your setup work as the forth axis the same as Next wave is selling. Does it plug into the port on the back of the control box and do you have the controller card necessary to run it?

Just wondering if anyone has tried this for a rotary 4th axis. It is a standard wood lathe pushed up against the shark, with the head stock reversed on the lathe bed. the lathe runs independently of the shark.

Here is my pinewood derby entry for this year. A 1959 Chevy Impala. The model was from Google sketch up brought into cut 3D, sliced and pieced together.

Great job on your 4th axis fixture and its modifications. I have the free arm for adjustments but am only using one drive gear which seems to be adequate. I don't see how you added the second drive gear, since the piece you are turning is attached to the free arm and one drive gear. using sketch up ...

The football shape was created in V carve. It was just a x y curve machined as a profile. I then modified the G code in the toolpath data to cut in the xz plane instead of the xy plane. This was all manual editing I learned years ago as a CNC programmer. I think I have some posts under this thread s...

sorry I couldn't get the link to highlight. im not sure how to link to it.

Here are a couple of other techniques using pauls gadgets
viewtopic.php?f=4&t=3851#p21862

My first question is can you open the files on your computer again, and are you trying to open a Vcarve file on your PC or the toolpath file. My other thought is that maybe the flash drive is full and the files are not completely copied.