Comparison between Milright

[moakley]

Im trying to decide on the Millright Carve King or the shapoko

Some differences i see
Millright z Travel 4" - Sapeoko z Travel 3"

im also interested in tech support help since this will be my first machine

Does a Fusion 360 tool library and holder exist that can be downloaded for verification and collision detection
any other advise would be appreciated


thanks

[linkreincarnate]

I'd like to know more about properly setting up tools in fusion 360 too...

[Derek the Admin]

Hey Moakley.

The big difference between the Carve King and the Shapeoko is that the Carve King uses a lead screw drive mechanism while the Shapeoko uses a belt system.

The Shapeoko's biggest "claim to fame" is how rigid it is. That's the marketing message. I tested that against the Carve King and found the Carve King to be as good or better in that respect:
millrightcnc.proboards.com/thread/555/carve-king-shapeoko-3

As far as a fusion library for collision avoidance. It would be rare to need to model that for CNC router work. You can specify cutter characteristics, but I've not seen the need to get into designing the collet nut or router body. You'd have to be pretty deep in pockets for such things to be a concern.

[Mototech]

The price too, the Carve King is a way better price than the shapeoko's.

[Bruce]

Carve King really is the best bang for the buck. Machine screw drive, larger work area compared to the Shapeoko 3. And the service from Millright is hard to beat.

[James@fireaxe]

Dec 22, 2018 21:27:05 GMT linkreincarnate said:

I'd like to know more about properly setting up tools in fusion 360 too...

Here is a good video shows how to setup your endmills in F360


www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6eIoEdgL3o

[linkreincarnate]

Dec 24, 2018 23:57:12 GMT James@fireaxe said:

Dec 22, 2018 21:27:05 GMT linkreincarnate said:

Thanks I'll check it out.

[rowiac]

To make it less intimidating for beginners, the Shapeoko uses custom toolpath generation and gcode sender software. The MillRight, on the other hand, relies on free software for those functions, such as F-Engrave, Fusion 360, UGS, etc. But I think in reality, you would outgrow the simple software provided with the Shapeoko pretty quickly and move onto something more sophisticated like Fusion 360 or Vectric anyway. Starting with no CNC knowledge, I was able to figure out how to run my MillRight machine pretty quickly. I still have a lot to learn, but I was V-carving and 2.5D carving things pretty well right off the bat.

[James@fireaxe]

Dec 27, 2018 18:06:17 GMT rowiac said:

To make it less intimidating for beginners, the Shapeoko uses custom toolpath generation and gcode sender software. The MillRight, on the other hand, relies on free software for those functions, such as F-Engrave, Fusion 360, UGS, etc. But I think in reality, you would outgrow the simple software provided with the Shapeoko pretty quickly and move onto something more sophisticated like Fusion 360 or Vectric anyway. Starting with no CNC knowledge, I was able to figure out how to run my MillRight machine pretty quickly. I still have a lot to learn, but I was V-carving and 2.5D carving things pretty well right off the bat.

This. Best Bang for the money with the CarveKing. 

As far as designing the collet for the Dewalt router, i just made a custom 1 inch router collet in the Fusion360 tool management. Again, like Derek said, you have to be pretty deep in the pockets to worry about collet collisions. Even so, there are some custom 4 inch or longer end mills you can buy from some end mill vnedors if you want to get that deep.