James
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Post by James on Jul 10, 2017 21:11:24 GMT
Hello, I am new to CNC. I recently bought a carve king and have it fully assembled. I have friends that do 3D printing and have been very interested in the process of making my own parts. I do custom work on vehicles and look forward to using this machine in my field. So far I have cut my Millwright CNC words out and have lots of projects I am making in the autofusion 360. CAD has been a very big learning experience and I am still watching videos on youtube that help out a lot. I also need to figure a way to keep my work area clean as my machine is in my garage and makes a big mess cutting wood. I have had a very pleasant experience with Millwrights customer service.
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Post by kevin on Jul 11, 2017 3:21:57 GMT
Hi James. Congrats on completing your Carve King build. Someone interested in some feedback on the Carve King posted here yesterday asking if anyone had received their machine, completed their build, and posted anything about the machine. Since I think you may be the first with a Carve King to post here don't be surprised if you get questions on your impressions of Millright's new machine. As far as keeping your garage clean, some M-3 owners have build enclosures for their machines to contain dust and/or suppress the noise. Are you running any kind of dust collection? If not a dust shoe might be a good early project.
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Post by retrosmith on Jul 11, 2017 17:46:52 GMT
Hello to the group! Brand new to CNC and finally bit the bullet and ordered the Carve King today. I have a sideline making custom one-off pieces for a pretty narrow niche industry, and I'm sure the Carve King will give me the ability to make things for that group that are simply impossible by hand. Couple that with the automation and repetition aspect and I think the Carve King and I are going to get along VERY well.
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James
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Post by James on Jul 12, 2017 2:24:02 GMT
Kevin I am very happy with the carve king and would be happy to answer any questions about it. I feel it was very easy to follow the instructions and the customer service was great. This proboard has been a very big help in getting me up and running also. I am using a shop vac to clean as I go but I really want to make a dust boot for my cutting head so it can be more automated. I am still learning CAD and I am currently using autofusion 360.
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Post by Derek the Admin on Jul 12, 2017 3:28:54 GMT
Welcome aboard to you a. Your business is appreciated and aim looking forward toseeing you guys around the forum.
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Post by kevin on Jul 12, 2017 4:01:46 GMT
Kevin I am very happy with the carve king and would be happy to answer any questions about it. I feel it was very easy to follow the instructions and the customer service was great. This proboard has been a very big help in getting me up and running also. I am using a shop vac to clean as I go but I really want to make a dust boot for my cuttin head so it can be more automated. I am still learning CAD and I am currently using autofusion 360. It's good to hear that you are happy with the Carve King. Since it's a new machine I think there's some curiosity if it's going to live up to the reputation of Millright CNC's first machine the M3, which has proven itself to rigid, accurate, and pretty adaptable. I expect the Carve King will be all of that, but in a bigger, and even more rigid package. As far as customer service goes, I'm not surprised your satisfied. Millright CNC has developed a solid reputation for providing great customer and technical support. There's a few really good examples of dust boots here on the forum that may give you some inspiration. Good luck on your continued learning. I look forward seeing what you create.
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Post by Jason R on Jul 14, 2017 22:30:12 GMT
Hello everyone,
My name is Jason, and I am a Network Engineer for the USAF out in California. I love to do woodworking/furniture building and just tinker with objects during my limited free time. I know very little about CNC and I am anxiously awaiting for my Carve King to arrive.
I hope to craft things from toys for my children to whatever other ideas pop into my head. Thank you for having me in your group, and I look forward to learning from all of you.
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Post by kevin on Jul 15, 2017 0:31:00 GMT
Hello everyone, My name is Jason, and I am a Network Engineer for the USAF out in California. I love to do woodworking/furniture building and just tinker with objects during my limited free time. I know very little about CNC and I am anxiously awaiting for my Carve King to arrive. I hope to craft things from toys for my children to whatever other ideas pop into my head. Thank you for having me in your group, and I look forward to learning from all of you. Hi Jason, Welcome to the forum and thanks for what you do for the rest of us. Given that you like woodworking, you're going to love CNC'ing. The machine has unlimited potential in furniture and toy making and pretty much anything else you want to make out of wood, aluminum, acrylic, you name it. One of the forum members (davew) posted pics of a decorative pattern he had milled onto the drawer fronts of some furniture he was building a couple of months back and Andrew has made a Spirograph and some other cool toys. I look forward to seeing what you make. ''
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Post by kec-10238 on Jul 16, 2017 17:36:11 GMT
hello - Kevin (NY-Catskill Mountains) here, long time accountant (25yrs), short-term engraver (8yrs). My main fun and work is engraving and sign making. I have a small business where I do trophy and aluminum plaque plate engraving and sublimation, hand-engraving of gun stock/metal engraving, sandblast engraving for hdu signs, monuments/memorials, boulders, windows, etc, as well as traditional wood signs, vinyl signs, and printed aluminum signs, vehicle magnets, banners, etc. Have been looking for a cnc option to replace an old new hermes rotary engraver (aluminum,brass,plastic) with a machine that could accomplish the same engraving tasks with similar quality. Hoping this purchase will also allow me to custom cut and shape smaller aluminum plaque plates as well as wood plaques to lay them on. It should also allow me to offer smaller custom shape and/or engraved signage as well as learn, pre-test some designs and create sign shape samples without using the big cnc I have coming in September. Besides I want a little one I can play with inside my house without having to go out and open up the shop just to test some ideas or play. The area I do business in does not call for a production rated machine such as one of the big 3 many-multi-thousand mini engravers (Vision, Gravograph, Roland). I am hoping I can make this fit the bill using special precision collets and engraving bits. Waiting for some answers to a few things so I can place my pre-order. I'm sure I will be annoying some of you shortly with questions as the learning process begins.........................
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Post by Big Man Black T-Shirt(Patrick) on Jul 19, 2017 22:58:12 GMT
Hello All, I'm a complete newbie to CNC, the Millright M-3 is my first experience with CNC, CAD, CAM, etc. I bought it mainly to make my own PCBs and to engrave acrylic for LED edge-lit signs. My experience is in electronics and computers mostly, with some car mechanic skills thrown in for good measure. I'm also a amateur videographer and I love editing video so here's the shameless plug for my Big Man Black T-shirt Channel on YouTube. I have many videos on there showing the Millright M-3 as I bought it, built it, screwed it up, fixed it, and modified it. I've already learned a ton here on this forum and I appreciate all the threads and answers.
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Post by jkendall on Jul 29, 2017 14:42:52 GMT
Hello All, I'm a complete newbie to CNC, the Millright M-3 is my first experience with CNC, CAD, CAM, etc. I bought it mainly to make my own PCBs and to engrave acrylic for LED edge-lit signs. My experience is in electronics and computers mostly, with some car mechanic skills thrown in for good measure. I'm also a amateur videographer and I love editing video so here's the shameless plug for my Big Man Black T-shirt Channel on YouTube. I have many videos on there showing the Millright M-3 as I bought it, built it, screwed it up, fixed it, and modified it. I've already learned a ton here on this forum and I appreciate all the threads and answers. I see you have a build log series for the M3. I'm doing something similar for the Carve King. How many times did you derp? I derped many a time. BTW, subbed.
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Post by dlinderm on Aug 18, 2017 17:09:27 GMT
Ten of the most pleasing words I've heard all week: "Your order has been shipped and is on its way." The King is on his way home Glad to finally be a part of this community...
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Post by Derek the Admin on Aug 21, 2017 1:56:55 GMT
Nice to have you here.
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Post by jreimers on Aug 21, 2017 15:51:45 GMT
Hey all. I'm Jody Reimers (pronounced Rhymers). I'm an amateur woodworker, avid fisher, and a professional 3D artist. Just ordered my M3 this past Friday. Have no idea what I am going to use it for, but I thought I do 3D for a living, surely I can use it to cut something. One thing I am planning on building in the near future is an Ukulele. I fell in love with the instruments when I went to Hawaii and learned to play. Now I want to attempt to make one or two. I am thinking the CNC machine can come in handy there. I am a complete noob when it comes to CNC so I am sure I will be hounding people for advice.
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Post by aforww on Aug 21, 2017 18:13:02 GMT
Hey all. I'm Jody Reimers (pronounced Rhymers). I'm an amateur woodworker, avid fisher, and a professional 3D artist. Just ordered my M3 this past Friday. Have no idea what I am going to use it for, but I thought I do 3D for a living, surely I can use it to cut something. One thing I am planning on building in the near future is an Ukulele. I fell in love with the instruments when I went to Hawaii and learned to play. Now I want to attempt to make one or two. I am thinking the CNC machine can come in handy there. I am a complete noob when it comes to CNC so I am sure I will be hounding people for advice. Hound away bud. Welcome to the forums.
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