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I know what Frank is saying about it not being woodworking…the art and skill is gone out of it. I think i’ll stick with my shop tools….but it might be fun to play with. if you send it out to be serviced you are out of operation….there goes all your tools. i wonder how strong it is…how long it lasts before servicing. and i can’t imagine using a router to plane a board to thickness or rip a board or many basic woodworking operations. I can’t imagine using it for production….like a big dot matrix printer…time consuming. too much tearing, though it’s micro tearing…it shows as a fuzzy texture, and hard to do fine detail. I know there have been duplicator machines for carving out there before…and routers don’t do a very clean job. would like to talk with someone who has one of these machines. Now, maybe that was in the drawings, that the templates chosen don’t have much detail in them or the machine isn’t capable of doing fine detail. but several things are not clear to me: the detailing of the carvings were not as in depth, precise as i would like. This proves that they never opened the manual.Well, i saw the video at Carve Wright and what i’m most impressed with is the translation of computer drawings to material.
#CARVEWRIGHT SEARS MANUAL#
"The head is cranked up all the way and just clicks when I want to go down" It's in the manual that the hole in the jacking bolt is there to lower the head if you go too high. It is a hands ON system, you will need the ability to read the instruction manual and do the repairs.Ĩ0% of a persons first post will read. There are more happy users than unhappy users. I found my worn chuck indented a new bit holder in just one hour carving ruining it. When you first notice the ball bearing marks you are better off changing the QC chuck with a new one. When it does it will move in the chuck and the ball bearings will indent in the retaining area of the bit holder. In my case the 3 in one oil helps the dust to stick in all the wrong places.īecause of the metal to metal contact in the QC held with 3 Ball Bearings it will eventually wear out. You must keep the chuck lubricated with dry lube or oil. Turned out to be a dirty chuck with impacted sawdust.
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I only had one bit thrown from the machine and it hit the clear safety door and pushed it open enough to activate the safety switch and shut it down. The bits are held in the chuck with a Quick Connect. You can select to not stay under the rollers but that is where most new guys get in trouble, making the board the same size as the project and it tips up causing broken bits or bad carvings. You need 3.5 inches extra of board on each end so the tip of the board stays under the roller for stability. I use a Carrier Board to hold Clock blanks just held with masking tape. Got the parts in time and made my deadlines. Bought the 2nd just to cover the down times but before Christmas I had 2 machines down and orders to do. I have over 600 hours between the 2 machines. The board weight could be an issue, a heavy board could break the X drive gears.Ī dust collector is a must in my opinion as the chips and belts just don't mix well.
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The X is Gear driven with the sand paper belts holding the board with pressure rollers. It has it's place as a Hobby Machine being belt driven with servos and encoders on the Y and Z Axis. I wouldn't give up the machines, they are just too valuable to me. I post in the forums under Digitalwoodshop. I have a Navy and Sony Repair background so all the repairs have been easy for me. I have 2 Compucarve Machines and find them to be very useful. I am sure others may be able to comment further.
#CARVEWRIGHT SEARS UPGRADE#
I am hoping to upgrade to a shopbot in the future for more size, and better speed and accuracy. I have a home built right now and I am using this software. These programs were created by Vectric and can read PDF, image files, cad, and other available 3d models.
#CARVEWRIGHT SEARS SOFTWARE#
The new software that comes with the Shopbot is a version of Vcarve and 3D machinist. Having said that - would a ShopBot "Buddy" be more appropriate? This would allow for greater flexibility and could be integrated into multiple courses - just a thought.
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I think that he had a number of breakdowns but were resolved by the mfg. There was a owner here that was using it for craftshows and was puching it pretty hard. They have reapeatedly stated that it may be coming in the future. I think that the machine is limited by not allowing CAD or g-code and this is a big drawback. The software is pretty easy to use and that is the biggest perk. SteveSteve - I don't have any experience with the Carve Wright/Compucarve but I did look pretty seriously into them. Does anyone have any experience with this? I'm considering getting one for my manufacturing lab so the kids can do engraving and light relief carving.