VCarve for instance will allow you to assign multiple bits to a single 3D toolpath. If you want to do relief carving there is no tool to do a compound surface smoothly and again the smaller the tool… etc. There are EU machines like Sorotec and Stepcraft, but the expansion kits makes this seem more flexible and interesting. The Genmitsu CNC Router Machine PROVerXL 4030 can, of course, be purchased on EU Amazon sites. I am also interested in one that I can get within the EU without massive shipping costs. The price, of course, is what makes it interesting. The other interesting piece is the expansion kits - a 60/1000 and it can be upgraded with more powerful Dewalt spindle. The vids I have watched seem to show it to be reasonable - not perfect but reasonable. Just curious if anyone in the GF world has one and if they can offer an opinion on it. The product I am interested in is the Genmitsu CNC Router Machine PROVerXL 4030. This brand - Genmitsu comes up on a lot lists as ok on a few lists that I would deem to be fairly reliable. As you might expect, I have been snooping around the web and have perused the forum. I'm glad I didn't order any tools longer than 3.5' protruding from the collet because I came to realise that's about the max for my tool measure switch! Other Z height considerations are the collet clearance on steep sections of a model.įor this reason I made a limiting boundary to prevent a toolpath from running down the deck.I am getting the bug to get a CNC. 25' outer offset profile into the cherry bottom to locate the main block, then glued them together maintaining machining position. I used a material bottom reference and initially set zero to the top of the cherry, then dropped down.

The final length was just over 36', z height about 3.5'. I made a template of the outline to pre-shape the wood block and cut it on a bandsaw. 300' cherry for the keel and select white pine at 1.5' laminations on edge for the main body.

I wasn't happy with the loft of the Timberwind so I got a model of the Zodiac schooner from GrabCad.

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