CNC Shark Forum

Thanks for looking at this Ed as well as for the feedback. I’ll try another run at this tomorrow so I will move the fixture to the far side of the table and zero at the opposite side to see if this makes a difference. I’ll also try raising the tool above the workpiece to see if that helps. If this w...

Hi Ed and thanks for the reply. I am using the dowel pins for alignment but in retrospect the alignment along the Y was likely caused by my switch to maintaining the surface of the block as the reference part way through the process as well as the impact that resulted when the workpiece was impacted...

I have access to old hard drives where I remove the magnets for various projects. While working on some this morning I thought that the discs in them would likely make great wind reflectors to keep the birds out of my garden in the spring. Then I thought "what if I made veggie identifiers" as well a...

Very nice. I love Lithophanes and they have been my No 1 focus since purchasing the shark.

Very nice. I am working on a similar "beer tote". I'll post when finished.

I have been working on setting up the chess set project from Nextwave and have run into a few "challenges" in the way the project is executed. Specifically when I try to machine side 2 of the pieces. When watching the videos and reading the documentation, based on how I understand the information pr...

Very creative. Nice work.

In addition I also created the cookie stamps from a free projects posted a few years ago. I used up the last of the red oak for the stand and some pine for the stamp handles.

The grand daughters loved them.

Most of what I have created on my Shark has been simple reproductions of Vectric Free projects or some small one off parts I have needed around the shop. Since retiring in October I have cleaned up the shop and now have it ready to work on projects as I had planned when I first bought this machine i...