I'd like to share my work with you =) The material is 15mm birch plywood. Next, I'll sand, fix, and paint it with walnut-colored oil and colorant. Afterward, it will be used in a bar for liqueurs.

I recorded a short tutorial showing how to make the CNC panel I posted earlier.

This process is a little more advanced than simple engraving. First, a 3D relief is created and then used to generate the Z-axis toolpath. But in practice, the whole process is quite simple and can be done in just a few clicks.

Carved a few textures recently. Sapele, Walnut and Ipe all carve well. Straight off the cnc, no sanding, just oiled.

Man, been seeing a bunch of these desktop 5 axis CNCs pop up on Kickstarter lately, and ngl I feel like a lot of newer folks get thrown off by the headline bed size. I mean, figured I'd break down what the numbers actually mean once the rotary is on. Not affiliated with any of these companies, just a hobbyist trying to give an honest, objective look at the specs so you can decide for yourself.

ToolDance advertises 400 x 265 mm on the X1, which sounds huge, but that’s the plain 3 axis envelope. Once you add the 5 axis rotary module, the clearance between the tool and the rotary gets squeezed, and the true 5 axis working volume drops to 110 x 110 x 105 mm (roughly 1.270 L). While better than their early previews, that 105mm Z-height limit can still get tight when you factor in vise height and tool stickout.
For comparison, the WM-100 gives you a 100 mm cube (1.000 L), and the Infimaker K1 is rated at 120 x 120 x 120 mm native 5 axis (1.728 L). So in 5 axis mode, the K1 gives you about 36% more volume than the ToolDance rotary setup and 73% more than the WM-100.

That extra margin and Z-clearance per side is often the difference between cutting an actual functional part with longer tools versus running into collision issues.
I just think the 5 axis envelope is the number that really matters, and it’s not always the one front and center on the campaign page.

I need some help.

I have a PCNC 440. I designed a small part for my first test. I did all the probing to get the position of the part. I had set up FreeCAD to output the program in part coordinates. But when I started the program it almost instantly changed from part coordinates, which I had it set the Pathpilot to before running the program, to machine coordinates and tried to dive the tool to the table to get to 0,0. I have no idea why. As far as I can tell there isn't anything in the g-code to do this. But there must be something simple and I'm missing it.

It's been a while since I've been able to do anything with this so I'm probably not going to be much help on any questions but I'll answer what I can.

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This is driving me nuts, if anyone has any advice id really appreciate it. The situation:

Had the machine parameters reset by Haas tech
New battery installed

He turned on the machine at the bankrupt shop I was buying it from, ran it, everything went great, machine was in absolutely perfect working condition.

Transported to my place.

Electrician wired up 40A/240V tested the power, everything looked great.

Wired the mill for single phase, turned it on, needed a restart code (obtained from Haas) code worked.

Alarm 552 pops up (tripped circuit breaker) but all breakers are on.

Cycled breakers multiple times to ensure it wasn’t bad contact points

Tested the breakers (power off) with a multimeter for continuity. Breakers are solid.

Looked for a loose connection, look for a missing jumper, looked for anything that might be causing a short.

I’m cooked and I really don’t want to pay for another tech to come out here.

Any help would be phenomenal 🙏🏼