I thought it would be great to see how everyone has customized their Shapeoko 3 unit. It would be nice to see everyone’s innovations and exchange ideas. I will add some pictures of my set up later today. A small tour…so to speak.
Sorry to do this later, but I just wanted to get this thought out now.
Okay, this is how I set up my Shapeoko 3. Months ahead of the build, I made this cabinet for the SO3. We got new kitchen countertops so the top was left over from that job.
You will notice my “Power Box”. Everything runs off of a single source of power - no issues. Also has a Tripp-Lite surge protector and a cool red lit, just for the heck of it. Perhaps overly elaborate…
I did sleeve all the wires with blue sleeving. And painted the Grbl housing blue. The router power cable was replaced with a 3 wire ground type. And I placed a copper mesh around the top of the router body.
You will also note that the Probing inputs are mounted on the Z-axis limit plate.
I added 3 homing switches and 2 limit switches. I closely followed the same concept as the Carbide version. I made the mounting brackets on my table saw with some 1/4 black ABS I had on hand. The switches Carbide uses are exceptional and a bit hard to get, but I think they are the BEST as they are enclosed. Found them on Amazon, they are not cheap.
Next project will be a make another waste board (1/4" MDF) and fly cut it flat with the router. I will drill holes in it to pick up the mounting holes of the original waste board below.
I really enjoy my SO3 and I’m always thinking up projects to do on it.