CNC Shark Forum

4. Are there specific parameters for the safety goggles? I'd like to get a second set. Also, are the goggles needed if one is only looking at the white barrier around the laser or only if one looks directly at the beam itself? I don't own the official laser, but I can help with general laser safety...

I installed the 7W laser today and had a few questions. Hopefully someone can assist. 1. What kind of ribbon cable is used to connect the controller? It's far too short for my setup. 2. How does one zero the laser? It is quite bulky. Best I could come up with was to test it from the pendant to make ...

I'm glad you made this post. I'm a very new owner of my HD4 as well as CNC in general. As I've started using it more, I've been coming to the forum. But seeing so little activity, I was beginning to wonder if maybe this piece of equipment wasn't well supported (especially when tied to the less-than-...

I sure wish mine held. I just got the laser module and it's quite a bit wider than a bit. It was bad enough trying to change sharp bits with a 2x4 holding the system up but it's a lot worse with the laser module. There's not much space. While it's not as safe to have the system on when inserting the...

Hi all, New to CNC here. Purchased the Shark HD4 unit with the water-cooled spindle. I have discovered that when the power is cut to the machine, the z-axis drops. I contacted Nextwave support back when I first set up the machine and noticed this and they said that was because with the loss of power...