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My First Camp ShopBot Since my last article in July I hosted my first Camp ShopBot on September 8th. I had been to a couple of camps and one Jamboree before so I had an idea of what to expect, but no idea about all that goes on behind the scenes. Well, let me … Continue reading >>> My first Camp ShopBot/Ed’s Vac Stack You saw the round parts and jigs I was making in the last article. All of them were made without the help of a CAD/CAM package. I only used the keyboard and the ShopBot control software. I am running 3.5.3 which is the current release as of today, and I find it quite an improvement … Continue reading >>> Making parts and fixtures without any CAD software I have had my PRTalpha96 for a little more than year now and am still learning how to do things and improving techniques I have been using for a while now. I would like to share with you how and why I have moved from a full table, four-zone vacuum system to a pretty simple … Continue reading >>> Vacuum is vacuum, but how you use it makes the difference Last month I said I was going to experiment more with V-bits and tell you what I have learned. Well, that project is still in the works and I hope to have information by next month. The big excitement in the shop for February was upgrading my Porter Cable router to a 4HP HSD spindle. … Continue reading >>> HSD Spindle Upgrade! Happy New Year! I hope 2006 was a great year for you and 2007 will be even better. The two Fein Turbo III vacuum system I wrote about in the last article got a good testing the week before Christmas. The largest job I have run to … Continue reading >>> Problems Solved I cannot believe I missed the entire month of August! That just goes to show you how busy the ShopBot has been this past month. Now let’s get down to what was going on… After the last article, I moved from using a high vacuum low volume pump to a single Fein Turbo III shop … Continue reading >>> Holding Things Down Some time ago I noticed the Shopbot ad in a magazine and thought that something like that would surely help out in doing the repetitive cutting of some toy parts. Thinking that CNC was way beyond my little shop, I turned the page and went on to the next article. As time marched on, the … Continue reading >>> First Things First |
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