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this the suspect font?

It is the default Verdana font, but from Ken's foreign keyboard setting (Malaysia).

Ken, do you use a different keyboard when you get the strange font?

Just a guess on my part, but it looks like he was set up to use a double-byte-character set, normal in many areas where more pictographic characters are used, rather than even the extended arabic characters used in most English language.

From what you suspected, it seem like my pinyin entry (Chinese character entry) is causing the problem.

I'll dig further the next time it happens.

Thanks

Had a rush job to get out for a commercial contractor....20 wall appliques..18 pcs. 64.25"x16",2 pcs. 70.75x16"...out of 7 sheets of 3/4" MDF.
1/4" 2 flute downspiral, 10k RPM 120 IPM federate.

http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/...ps181gfdb2.jpg

Lots of cutouts...

http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/...pssg6ticre.jpg

All in all, exactly what the machine was designed for.

Sweet.

How many passes? or did you cut the full 3/4" in one pass.

Jason

Wall appliques, is that a fancy word windows ?:D

A good looking product.
Lots of cutouts to clutter up the shop.

1/4" cutter, 3 passes. The Milwaukee router doesn't have the brawn for a single pass.
I like to limit cutter depth to equal or less than diameter.
Just what works well for me.
120 little blocks to clutter the dumpster today, Al.

Those clutter looks like name boards for a primary school.

I actually kept 60 of them at the last minute, for that very reason. Posted a preview of one on my FB page, and sold $100 of v carved name plaques yesterday.

Oooo, do show us :) I just invested in some Amana Tools V groove insert bits they I am itching to try out. Not 'til Monday though.....

Shows you there is money in things we want to throw away.

Darren... Read through your thread. Great build and amazing thread. Really appreciate all the photos and documentation before and after. I'm planning a similar build. x = 62 y = 120. Do you think the shaking you mention early on after completing the build is because of the minimal lateral bracing in the x to accommodate material storage? What would you tweak about your frame design if you were to do it again? Any surprises by building the gantry extra wide? Appreciate it!

Thanks for the compliments.
I have an overabundance of bracing in the X direction. I'll assume you mean the Y.
This machine has a ton of mass. the legs and all the structure under the beams are 3/16" wall. Feeling the machine shake is different than having something show up in a cut. It cuts rock solid with no perceptible flex.
My only change would be to use thinner wall gantry beams, with a bolt strip inside, to reduce the weight of the gantry. I don't believe that would decrease cut quality, and may allow a small speed increase.
Temper that with the fact that I believe 120IPM is the limit of my cutters, (mostly 1/4" and 1/8") and router HP. On the rare occasion I use a 1/2" bit, I use 150-165 IPM speeds, which the machine handles with ease, with no lost steps.
Good luck with your build.

You need to make the jump to a spindle someday Darren. I have been waiting for that report. :D

And a laser Darren!

Me! Me! I want a laser too!

Lol. How about we take up a collection for #101s member requested upgrades?

I am up for that

Was it this forum where someone posted a link to a DIY diode laser made into a bracket that mounted to the router housing?
Of course, I found it intriguing, and now I can't find it back...

http://www.banggood.com/300mW-Mini-D...-p-958368.html

A little CNC machine to laser burn. Ripe to take the laser and power supply to hack for mounting on the MM!

I'll look into that one Jack.
Heres the one I was thinking of.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EMENb5xdRM

Laser Shoe Laser
 

I remember seeing that one some time ago.

Just never found a laser similar to what he used.

Just found it: http://stores.ebay.com/KALE-CNC?_trksid=p4340.l2563

Me too, came here to post link...
I'm thinking I may need to order one up...that small entry level machine I started with would be ideal for this....

Laser only machines can be much lighter because they have almost no mass required in the heads. Some just carry mirrors but from what I read they can be pretty hard to align. So for me, mounting a LED laser directly on the head is worth the little extra heft required.

A few posts back, I mentioned cutting plaques for a guy with a plasma, of course, he sent me a pic of his most recent cutout, and I had to have one for the shop wall, in 14g. steel. 48" wide... I think its cool.

http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/...psffxnwim4.jpg

Jack, that seller has a slightly more powerful Infrared Laser for the same price...Know anything about the difference between that and the one he used?

This was the one I was thinking of, it was on a facebook group you are in Darren,
http://jtechphotonics.com/

Thanks Heath!!

Darren ... No, I don't he also sells several at various powers up to 20W, but that is WAY out of my toy budget. I love the plasma cut BTW.

At one time I saw a 'drill add on' for a shopbot. It was just a little drill used to do 5mm holes (or whatever) basically to help make building flat pack shelving quicker. I thought that mounting a laser the same way on the same head as a spindle would be a great way to use it. I guess that is pretty much what the 'laser foot' guy did, but that was on a separate dust collection style foot. I do understand that so the laser 'smoke' could be treated and not just run through the chip/dust collector.

Yeah, outta my toy budget too.
Even though I've almost sold my cabinet shop off piece by piece...
Maybe after I'm set up in a new, smaller shop...

Since I have no bidness need, all my stuff is toy. With any kind of a 'real bidness' (aka, positive cash flow) I could see where a spot drill and/or laser (for basically laser stamping parts) could be valuable and save other machine or people time elsewhere in the shop. For me, I would just love the neat toy.

A "little" cutout I did a couple days ago.

http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/...pskwmk0rpg.jpg

Very nice work Darren, what is the material?

Thanks, Mark 1/2" Baltic Birch plywood.
Heres another recent one. Same material

http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/...psxfti1sla.jpg

Darren, they look good.

Thank you Nils. These are a lot of fun to do.

Friend of mine has a company that stamps decorative concrete patios.
I v carved his company name into a scrap of Corian and poured Hobby Lobby rubber mold material into it to make a flexible stamp he can emboss each patio with, as Company branding. The border is about 3.5" x 7", for reference.

http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/...psghmuiato.jpg

Darren,

If you decided you want to do more molds, look at this website.

http://www.reynoldsam.com/