after a few basic cut projects the machine wont jog all the way Forward (-Y)
Lost steps?
What happens if you re-initialize?
I’ve had this happen a couple of times on my Shapeoko 5 Pro 4x4. Somehow, it gets reconfigured back to a 4x2 setting which I’m assuming is some kind of default. If you re-run the machine setup through Carbide Motion for a 4x4 machine, it might correct the problem.
ty, still the same though… it was my understanding that the gantry would move forward of the spoilboard for joinery work ie mortise and tenon, dovetail and finger joints
It will if you set the gantry in the correct position when assembling. You are the one that controls that. The gantry has two positions that are user specific. The manual covers this.
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Photo?
If you want the machine actually forward of the front edge you’ll need to implement “Gantry Shift”:
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They have not sent me a manual, I asked for one and they told me to go to YouTube!! No assembly manual, no instructions on how to mount the 80mm 2.2kw water coole spindle or how to connect either. You would think that for a machine well north of $5k you could get a manual!!
I guess I’ll just stumble through it and ask everyone in the “forum” questions till they get tired of answering them.
Have a look here. Lot’s of online manuals that you can dig through to find the info you need
https://carbide3d.com/hub/manuals/
Barring that… the link that @WillAdams provided has step by step instructions on how to do it by @dustmite at the bottom of that thread
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Printing a manual got de-railed by UPS changing, without notice, their packaging size/weight requirements after we had designed our packaging in coordination with them.
For installing the 80mm VFD see:
search for “VFD”
and go to “Product Manuals”:
and choose the 80mm VFD link:
https://carbide3d.com/hub/docs/80mm-spindle-kit/
For the current 5.1 manual, see:
which currently has the link:
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I’ve got a 4x4 also and mine won’t move to the very front - mine is right around .4" shy. But the Y axis is 49" anyway, so you should still be able to hit the full 48". For flattening the waste board, the mcfly 1" worked and got all the edges…as long as the design cut area is .25" over the edge (if that makes sense).