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Post by Derek the Admin on Oct 23, 2017 14:18:39 GMT
Hey Martin. We are pretty well acquainted but it's good to hear more about you. I hate to hear of the condition, but best wishes on your long term health.
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Post by sirrob on Oct 25, 2017 9:08:47 GMT
Hey Everyone, I'm Rob. Glad to see a community around these machines. I just got mine all set up and working yesterday. managed to run it and home it on the first try (surprised myself). I plan on mostly running hardwood making small projects i think of. I haven't made my first cut yet but i can tell this machine will be perfect for what i need it for. I made a .stl of a PCB enclosure if anyone's interested. Cheers! nice to meet everyone!
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Post by kevin on Oct 25, 2017 20:51:18 GMT
Hey Everyone, I'm Rob. Glad to see a community around these machines. I just got mine all set up and working yesterday. managed to run it and home it on the first try (surprised myself). I plan on mostly running hardwood making small projects i think of. I haven't made my first cut yet but i can tell this machine will be perfect for what i need it for. I made a .stl of a PCB enclosure if anyone's interested. Cheers! nice to meet everyone! Hi Rob, Conrats on getting your machine up and running, and good luck on your first cut. What machine did you get?
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Post by Derek the Admin on Oct 28, 2017 14:16:41 GMT
Hey sirrob. Welcome to the forum. I'd encourage you to make a post and share that stl you made. I'm sure some would like to see it.
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alpscraftshack
New Member
Posts: 25
Location: Glendora, California
Machine: Carve King
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Post by alpscraftshack on Nov 19, 2017 3:38:03 GMT
Hello All,
My name is Patrick, and, I originally hail from Great White North (Canada). I am relatively new to the CNC world. I have a small online Etsy Shop – ALP’s Craft Shack (https://www.etsy.com/shop/ALPsCraftShack). I have been doing all my woodworking with many machines (band saw, scroll saw, jig saw, hand router table, dremel, oscillating disk sander, belt sander, planer, drill press, hand sanders, etc…) Doing it this way, the work is slow & labour intensive.
I needed away to make parts faster, cheaper, and better – so, I started looking into CNC about a year ago. I bought a small Chinese CNC on eBay. It made good parts, but was small and not a production type machine. It was good for prototypes. I searched the web – but, ready to go CNCs were very expensive, so, I started looking at kits. A lot of the kits were kind of expensive and not too impressive. Then I happened across the MillRight site one day. I was impressed with what I saw, so I considered ordering an M3. I started to place the M3 order, then, I saw a video by Alex (AFORWW) on a box he had made & was selling, so I contacted him about purchasing one. He told me he was no longer making them. I questioned him about the M3 and was impressed. He told me that he purchased a Carve King and no longer needed his M3 and would consider selling it. After a couple of email exchanges, I decided to buy his M3. After looking I the MillRight site more, I realized that some of my projects were too big for the M3, so I purchased a Carve King also. I will be using the M3 for my small to midsize items & the Carve King for my large items.
I look forward to working with the machines, being an active forum member, and making some new friends.
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Post by Derek the Admin on Nov 19, 2017 11:49:55 GMT
Hey. Welcome to the forum. It sounds like you'll have quite the set up now. You should be able to keep that etsy shop nice and stocked up with cool products. See you around.
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Post by jimmiller on Nov 19, 2017 20:32:47 GMT
Hello, my name is Jim I live in Kentucky and I am an electrician at my day job and teach electrical classes 2 nights a week. I have a hobby wood business. I make smaller craft items and also molding. I have looked at cnc's off and on for a while. But I really started researching them more in the last month. I've looked at several beginner machines. However none seem to be put together as well as what I see with the carve king. I hope to get one soon and learn the software. I am interested in making inlay cutting boards from maple with walnut inlay designs. I have probably made more than 200 mixed species boards. If I understand fusion 360, I can design then save the design/cut file, import into ugs and send to machine from a laptop, without having to be connected to Internet while cutting? Is this correct? I am hoping so as I don't have Internet in the shop... Although I could run a cat6 cable there on a weekend... Thx
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Post by mirthmgr on Nov 19, 2017 20:41:07 GMT
You're correct, no internet needed once you've got your cut files saved. You're also correct about the Carve King being a super solid piece of kit. I managed to get it built with very little experience (zero in CNC); the quality of the kit had a lot to do with it, but the support through this forum and email was what kept me from pulling my hair out.
I haven't given inlay a try yet, but it's part of my plan for this week. Some of the examples people have shared are stunning! My biggest problem right now is trying to decide what to try next, as everything I do with the King gives me another idea...
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Post by lennythelizard on Nov 22, 2017 3:02:03 GMT
Hello, I'm Jason from Missouri. I work as an engineering manager, and am looking to start another hobby and maybe work into a part time side business. I have access to many CNC machines / laser cutters at work, but never get to "play" with them myself. Hoping to create some fun projects at home and get my 13 year old son interested in something besides playing video games. He's very smart, and I think he will be intrigued to learn how to become a Maker!
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Post by Derek the Admin on Nov 22, 2017 20:52:08 GMT
Hey Jason. Welcome to the forum. I like that you are getting your son involved. It's good to get them interested in technology other than the cell phone (ha!) at a young age.
See ya around.
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Post by kevin on Nov 27, 2017 13:44:18 GMT
Welcome to the forum Jason. My son was the same way at that age and didn't have much luck getting him away from playing Delta Force online. The good news is he turned out pretty well anyway! lol. Good luck, you'll enjoy your new hobby, and bet your son will too.
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fessor
New Member
Posts: 10
Machine: Carve King
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Post by fessor on Nov 27, 2017 23:20:29 GMT
I'm a soon to be retired college professor hence the user name. Been doing woodworking and building things all my life.
CNCing is new to me, my Carve King has been ordered. Learned along time ago most projects are easier if you have the right tool.
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Post by aforww on Nov 28, 2017 9:45:40 GMT
I'm a soon to be retired college professor hence the user name. Been doing woodworking and building things all my life. CNCing is new to me, my Carve King has been ordered. Learned along time ago most projects are easier if you have the right tool. Welcome. Looking forward to how you implement it into your wood working. Something I bought my machines for and have yet to do.
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Post by kevin on Nov 28, 2017 11:53:17 GMT
I'm a soon to be retired college professor hence the user name. Been doing woodworking and building things all my life. CNCing is new to me, my Carve King has been ordered. Learned along time ago most projects are easier if you have the right tool. Congrats on your impending retirement and welcome to the forum.
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Post by Derek the Admin on Nov 28, 2017 18:25:27 GMT
Welcome to the forum and thanks for your order.
Can I ask what you teach fessor?
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