[QUELAB CNC] Where's the X-Carve?

[Geoff Nicholson]

Sundays are just about the worst days for catching up with me, so I
apologise that I was not at the lab to coordinate with you on the
Shapeoko.  Were the bits you bought left with the device, or do you still
have them?

I found that the tool had been stowed with an endmill wedged in the collet,
so that might be why people were having issues with it previously.  I'll
tap out the wedged endmill and see if the collet is damaged or not.

The enclosure I have in mind could easily be set up with a vaccuum port to
enhance it's own dust-collection capabilities, I was thinking something
much like the doors on Printernator where you can see in, but close the
door to keep the noise and dust in the machine.

I expect to return the Shapeoko to the space the end of August at the
latest; the intent was to rehab it and have it making giveaway items at
MakerFaire with it's enclosure.

-- geoff
-- quelab.net

On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 3:40 PM, John Benedetto <john.benedetto at gmail.com>
wrote:

>
> Geoff,
>
> Glad to find out it's somewhere definite, and not 'missing' (perhaps
> 'misplaced' might be a better term). I missed any discussion of you taking
> it home!   How is enclosure construction going?  Have you set a done-by
> date to have it completed & back to Quelab (similar to what was done with
> Morgan, with the time limit he was asked to follow to get the X-Carve
> upgrade kit installed)?  How soon until we can start cutting stuff?  Do you
> think we will be able to have it in the Quelab tent at MMF?
>
> @Dr Opto - Geoff doesn't say anything about a vacuum or dust collection.
> He says "to keep sawdust out of it", which I took to mean that other tools
> in the shop generate sawdust which was covering the tools on the CNC
> Table.  However, that is a good idea, to install dust collection of some
> type, since it will be quite the sawdust generator once we starting cutting
> things on it!
>
> JT
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 10:49 AM, Geoff Nicholson <
> Demonsthenes at meme-complex.com> wrote:
>
>> Yeah, I took it home to get the opportunity to fix it, clean it up, and
>> build an enclosure for it so people stop storing stuff on top of it, and
>> also keeps the sawdust out of it.​
>>
>>
>
> On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 3:30 PM, John Anthes <jpanthes at comcast.net> wrote:
> Geoff, Hi -
> I came down to Quelab Sunday evening wondering if we might get better
> coordinated.
>
> I spoke to Eric and others where we learned second hand that you have the
> CNC and the Bosche palm router. And I hope the cutters and the collets.
>
> Congratulations!
>
> Just want to understand that all the physical hardware that I bought for
> the
> project is available.
>
> Good idea for an enclosure and especially vacuum cleaner to collect metal
> particles and other shavings.
>
> What I'm hoping to learn is that interested software geeks get a chance to
> try out/sort through the ones that members seem passionate about proving
> in.
> There are three members that I seem to recall: Adrick, Morgan, and one
> other
> I haven't got his name right yet (Maybe you)... sorry.
>
> Am hoping to learn of progress via this channel.
> Please let me know if there are other hardware concern that I can
> contribute
> to.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> John Anthes
> Dr. Opto
>
>
>
>
>
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