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Post by kevin on Apr 21, 2017 1:27:45 GMT
Hello everyone. I am Jerry and I just got my M3 last week. I have got it put together up to the electronics. I must compliment the folks at MillRight when I saw all those little bags I thought no way will it all be there but it was. Great Job there! I am brand new to CNC.I have been carving wood for years with carving tool tools and have decided to upgrade a bit. I am a little concerned about learning the software to make my projects . But I can do most things that I set my mind to. I will need help though. I look at a lot of machines but kept going back to the M3. Looks great so far. I would like to get aforww,s electronic package. Anyone know how to get that? Thanks Jerry Hi Jerry, welcome to the forum and congrats on your build. I think you are going to love your M3 about as much as everyone here seems to. You should be able to PM aforww here to let him know your interested in one of his electronics packages, which by all accounts is another great product.
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Post by Derek the Admin on Apr 21, 2017 1:38:04 GMT
Hello everyone. I am Jerry and I just got my M3 last week. I have got it put together up to the electronics. I must compliment the folks at MillRight when I saw all those little bags I thought no way will it all be there but it was. Great Job there! I am brand new to CNC.I have been carving wood for years with carving tool tools and have decided to upgrade a bit. I am a little concerned about learning the software to make my projects . But I can do most things that I set my mind to. I will need help though. I look at a lot of machines but kept going back to the M3. Looks great so far. I would like to get aforww,s electronic package. Anyone know how to get that? Thanks Jerry Thanks for the compliment Jerry. We try to be really meticulous about the packing so I'm glad it went smoothly for you. The software side of things does have a learning curve but once you learn it it's like second nature. The forums and Youtube are your friends when it comes to learning that stuff. Aforww makes the electronics upgrades. He's out of pocket for a little bit handling some things but I'm sure he'd be happy to make one for you when he gets back.
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Post by nt2000 on Apr 21, 2017 10:20:12 GMT
Thanks Kevin and Derek
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Post by johnnyzapata on Apr 24, 2017 18:12:45 GMT
Hello my name is Johnny and I just purchased this machine. Received it a few days ago and got it put together. Recently started a new job and creativity kind of took a seat on the side. I wanted to get a CNC machine just to create things that come to mind. Looking forward to my first cut hopefully today. Wish me luck!!! Glad to be here
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Post by mp4doggie on Apr 24, 2017 19:48:09 GMT
Good Luck there is a learning curve but persistence but it a great machine dont let the low price fool ya. im just waiting for the big brother of the M3.
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Post by sims426 on Apr 26, 2017 15:14:50 GMT
Purchased my M3 a little while back and cant wait to start designing and making some new things!
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Post by kevin on Apr 27, 2017 0:42:51 GMT
Purchased my M3 a little while back and cant wait to start designing and making some new things! Hi Sims, Welcome to the board. Got any first projects in mind?
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Post by Tassy Pete on May 25, 2017 6:40:16 GMT
Hi Everbody, Can anybody tell me what it cost to ship to Oz cheers
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Post by Derek the Admin on May 25, 2017 12:09:06 GMT
Hi Everbody, Can anybody tell me what it cost to ship to Oz cheers Hi. Welcome to the forum. Does Oz mean Australia? If so, it is 149 USD to 179 USD, depending on the weight of items calculated in your shopping cart. Please let me know if you have any other questions.
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Post by deepdivetc on Jun 2, 2017 1:09:56 GMT
Hello everyone, I am new to the CNC world, but I have worked on Autocad for years in a GIS world. I just ordered the new carve king and now the hard part is waiting for the arrival, but it makes me slow down and do a bit more reading. I am looking into different software and making a decision on where to go next. I am wanting to do some 3d carvings from available clip-art and trying to decide what is the best software to use for that. I seen a video on the vcarve pro that would handle it easily and allow for manipulation of the clip-art but it is pretty pricey to start out. Also trying to find what bits to start out with to have a selection. I will let everyone know when it is all set up and starting to spin. Happy to be here and look forward to creating some stuff
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Post by Derek the Admin on Jun 2, 2017 4:36:21 GMT
Welcome aboard! You might also want to look into V Carve Desktop. I'm not familiar with all the differences in pro and desktop versions of vcarve, but the Carve King is within the work envelope serviceable by vcarve desktop.
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Post by bencarver on Jun 9, 2017 6:09:07 GMT
Hello all, My name is Ben and I am a new novice cnc programmer. I have been looking for this machine for a while now and finally justified the, very small, expenditure to my wife. Woot-woot. I do have some experience with 2d cad work, but nothing to deliver what this machine can deliver. I am very excited to get started putting this machine togehter this coming week. I am a woodworker of 20 plus years having built electric guitars, residential finish carpentry, lots of boxes and the likes for my wife's gifts and for the past 15 years turning bowls and hand carving spoons. Looking forward to meeting and sharing here with you all
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Post by kevin on Jun 9, 2017 11:02:31 GMT
Welcome to the forum Ben. It sounds like you have some pretty serious woodworking skills. It will be interesting seeing how you incorporate the M-3 into your future projects.
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Post by pmowry911 on Jun 13, 2017 15:15:22 GMT
Hello, I've ordered the Carve King as my 1st CNC and hoping I'm not being to ambitious with my 1st projects and trying to keep it with free software. 1st off my Mother lost a cedar chest in a flood a few months back. So I want to replace it with scenes from her mother and grandmothers paintings relief carved in the sides, and then the top (undecided if flat or rounded) with a carving of a magnolia flower painted by her lovingly referred to as the panda bear (that's another story). 2nd project is to kerf cut a board to fold around the top and sides of a relatively small touch-screen jukebox with relief cuts of a simple pattern to match a slot machine in the backglass of a pinball machine I have: www.ipdb.org/showpic.pl?id=2269&picno=6428&zoom=1Then the fun begins with puzzle boxes, wooden clocks and kinetic sculptures =) Limited only to the funds my wife lets me spend on stock, hence the free software for now. As deepdivetc mentioned the wait gives me time to work that out.
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Post by Derek the Admin on Jun 13, 2017 15:53:45 GMT
Welcome to both BenCarver and pmowry911.
It sounds like you guys have some cools projects lined up. We look forward to seeing what you make!
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