New CNC setup for a new guy to CNC

[WillAdams (William Adams (Carbide 3D))]

Rotate it 90 degrees and use tiling?

Toolpath Tiling in Carbide Create Pro

We just uploaded CC 752 to: Carbide Create Beta Downloads which added Toolpath Tiling. It will only be active for Create Pro users. Normally, this would be an internal build for a while but we think this will be fairly stable in spite of the fact that there were a lot of internal changes to get it working. Tiling is enabled on the Toolpath pane The help button links to nowhere right now. We only support indexing on the Y axis since we cannot think of a commercial machine that would need inde…

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Tiling questions/issues

Okay, let’s imagine I want to cut out a 14" tall letter “J” on my Nomad: [image] I would start by drawing an 8" or so square which defines where there overlap is going to be: [image] I would draw in some holes for registration pins: [image] I would then duplicate and drag the registration pins and square to define the balance of what needs to be cut: [image] Then I would adjust the part I want to cut out so that it’s better placed and offset it by a bit more than the diameter of the …

[QCDvacuum (Jeff Cable)]

@mpeaslee22

I had planned on doing some sort of frame stiffening probably with some 2x4’s underneath the lower shelf top and the table top.
I had looked at the casters and they looked pretty good and had read multiple articles where they said they were a must have.

A cautionary note. I built my own table to hold a weight of 200 kg. Eventually after a few years of use I decided to put it on wheels. I purchsed industrial individually braked wheels that were designed for a load of 50 kg per wheel. It was great to be able to move the table easily once I had quadrupled my available work space.

I noted after a few small jobs, I had one that required some heavy cuts. I was surprised to find the solid rubber wheels were acting like a suspension unit and the table, after compression of the wheels, was bouncing up and down by around 25mm at a time. I removed the wheels and I have stepped back to having a solid table, which I find much more satisfactory. YMMV

[CullenS (Cullen Simpson)]

I use wheels from Rockler than can be engaged when you want to roll and disengaged when you want it on a solid footing. The set I have is mounted to plates on the table. You can remove the wheels altogether and move them to plates on another table/tool if needed.

Someone posted a similar set from Amazon last week which were a little less expensive.

EDIT:
I added the links below. As a side note, the rubber on the first set of these I bought for a router table 20 years ago fell apart earlier this year and I had to buy replacement wheels. It was a pretty long run but still wouldn’t have expected them to disintegrate. I have 2 other sets that are younger. Time will tell.

https://www.rockler.com/rockler-workbench-caster-kit-4-pack?country=US&sid=V91040&promo=shopping&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=&utm_content=pla&utm_campaign=PL&gad_source=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIl57jg5jqhQMVG0pHAR3cKALHEAQYASABEgLWxvD_BwE

https://www.rockler.com/rockler-quick-release-workbench-caster-plates-4-pack?country=US&sid=V91040&promo=shopping&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=&utm_content=pla&utm_campaign=PL&gad_source=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIl57jg5jqhQMVG0pHAR3cKALHEAQYAiABEgLdvfD_BwE

[MichaelMountain]

I bought a Shop Fox for the vacuum system, much quieter than a shop vac. My entire system runs on a single 20 amp circuit except for the vacuum system. 20 amps runs a computer, monitor, 1.2kw vfd and 5 Pro with no issues. Make sure the circuit is NOT GFI. Below is a photo showing placement of the controllers, which worked out perfectly. Hope this is helpful.

[mpeaslee22 (Matthew Peaslee)]

Thank you so much and I love the setup