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Those that know me will tell you that I can’t help much with creating fancy 3d files or things like lithophanes to cut on your ShopBot, but I have made a heck of a lot of “stuff”…things that have a somewhat practical use like boats and furniture and clocks and such. It seems like a … Continue reading >>> Making Stuff … I’ll talk a bit more about development at ShopBot and expand the ‘resolution’ theme from last month, more broadly taking up the issue of smoothness in cutting with ShopBots, and specifically reporting on some progress we are making. For a number of months now, we have focused software development on creating strategies for smoother tool … Continue reading >>> Circle Smoothness ‘beta’ Ever since we upgraded our website this Spring, I’ve wanted a space to write about the things that are going on at ShopBot. It’s a bit of a busy place, but also exciting. And, we are certainly hard at work developing new CNC stuff. I’ll try to make a contribution every month or so and … Continue reading >>> My First Post In the last Bill’s corner we learned how to manually create part files by typing in commands, and to automate the process using the Part File Assembler. Now I know you all agree with me that this could be pretty powerful stuff, but what can we really do with it that we can’t do just … Continue reading >>> Exploring ShopBot Part Files 2 … Many ShopBotters are happy creating their part files in a program like Part Wizard and never really looking at the part file that’s created, and there’s nothing wrong with that at all. Part Wizard and similar programs use something called a Post Processor or “Post” for short to create the commands to move your ShopBot … Continue reading >>> Exploring ShopBot Part Files … If you’re like me you’ve come across situations where you’ve had something that you wanted to cut…maybe something like a piece of molding or a boat rudder…that had the same cross-section along its length. This happened to me recently when a contractor brought me a piece of door corner trim from an old house that … Continue reading >>> The Extruder…how to squeeze molding and other odd shapes out of your ShopBot! People wonder what it is exactly that I do for ShopBot, and it’s actually kind of hard to explain. Officially I work part-time doing “special projects”, but it really boils down to about 50% “real work” and 50% play (some would say 5% real work and 95% play!). One of the things I enjoy most … Continue reading >>> Hacking the ShopBot (3 Hacks) One of the things that ShopBotters seem to have the most trouble understanding and utilizing is the concept of “table base coordinates” and limit checking in the ShopBot software. They’ve been in the ShopBot software all along, but I’ll bet that there aren’t a handful of ShopBotters that use them or even know what they … Continue reading >>> Table Base Coordinates Many of us run a lot of different part files and like working (playing some times!) with all the options and possibilities in the ShopBot software. Others, though, may only run a couple of different files or might have someone else run the tool who may not be quite as proficient with the ShopBot software … Continue reading >>> ShopBot File Runner Program |
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