CNC – There's No Place Like Home

I love the DeStaCo quick clamps. They have many varieties. I recently bought some of the push-pull style to make a fixture to mill my .50 BMG inserts. I used so...

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Shapeoko 3 – Some Tests and Some Results!

Posted on February 14, 2016 by Timothy Foreman

Lots of stuff today. Mostly testing and such. First thing I did was setup the dial indicator to measure the Z flex. I set it up and measured in the X and Y axis...

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Shapeoko 3 Upgrades – Finishing Up, For Now

Posted on February 13, 2016 by Timothy Foreman

I did decide that three layers of 3/4″ MDF was too high for the risers, so I glued up some double-thickness risers a couple of days ago. Then I decided to...

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Shapeoko 3 Upgrades – Finishing Up (For Now)

Posted on February 7, 2016 by Timothy Foreman

I did a whole bunch of work today, but didn’t take a lot of photos because it wasn’t really work that needs them. I bolted all the wheels to the pla...

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Shimming Shapeoko 3 Wheel Bearings

Posted on February 7, 2016 by Timothy Foreman

This post describes the process that I used to shim the bearings in my Shapeoko 3 V-Wheels. This process could be used for any V-Wheel assembly whether it’...

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Shapeoko 3 Upgrades – Interlude

Posted on February 7, 2016 by Timothy Foreman

(I’ve kind of given up on the Part X numbering at this point…) Last we heard I was waiting for my shims to arrive for the v-wheels. While I was wait...

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Shapeoko 3 Upgrades – Part 2

Posted on January 30, 2016 by Timothy Foreman

I have done some other mods to my S3 so as long as I’m waiting to hear from support I’ll write them up now. While I don’t think mounting the c...