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We’re happy to hear that’s being conveyed. We want the truth being told.

There are lots of 800w spindles that fit the stock Shapeoko mounts, get a water cooled one. Amazon, Ebay, Aliexpress.

It is something we're looking into. Additionally, we expect there should/will be third party options for bolt-on modifications (ex. an aluminum fixture plate from Saunders Machine Works) that allow you to skip the MDF.

Adaptive toolpaths give you a more consistent cutting force so you can creep up the the performance limits of a machine.

Not likely, after more than about two meters of flying through the air, the chips are no longer painfully hot.

Maybe true, but if you count your hours building the PNC it would be similar in price. I've seen people estimate a PrintNC to be worth $5-6k if it were sold, so there you go. It's not really a fair comparison.

@@auricschiller Just a friendly counter argument (I say friendly because I know people on the interwebs like to flex their keyboard muscles when they think they are being attacked, and this reply is nothing more than a friendly counter point of view). I just can't see the hours of your time to be worth that much though. To me a few hours worth of work doesn't equal a multi-thousand dollar upcharge. I personally would never spend that much on a tabletop CNC regardless of what it is or where it came from. Realistically, once you have ordered all the parts to make something like the PNC and have them in front of you, the time to assemble and start making chips on it should be somewhere between 8 hours to potentially a weekend worth of time depending on your level of skill and knowledge. As an added bonus you end up learning a lot more about the machine from actually building it. But at the end of the day it's definitely up to each individual as to what is better for them. I sure won't lose any sleep over how someone chooses to spend their money.. lol. All that being said I do really appreciate Carbide3D and all they do for the home gamer CNC market. They do make some pretty decent machines and the videos they put out are typically pretty good and informative! Also have to say it's pretty hard not to click on a video when Winston is behind the camera. His videos are always very entertaining and educational!

@@tken93 I own a Shapeoko 4 and I'm also building a PrintNC. Carbide3d's HDM offers a very different value proposition that will definitely appeal more to the small business owner than the hobbyist. As the cost of time goes, if it's just a hobby then it doesn't matter, but I don't really see people building a business on a PrintNC. It's just not as reliable (cue videos on discord of parts flying out of machines), isn't turn-key, and you literally need to manufacture your own replacement parts. That's not to put down PNC at all, obviously I'm into it. But comparing the two is sort of like saying a Porsche 911 is too expensive because you can build a kit car that has the same performance. No matter how much time and effort you expend the kit car won't be quite the same thing. And that's fine, but let's make fair comparisons.

This machine is too expensive for what it offers and for the components it has. A PNC is also better in performance and I agree that building it, is also a pro. You learn a lot by doing it and that makes up for the personal time you put in to do it.

I know they're not optimal, I was working with the placement of the spacing of the T tracks and length of clamps available, while keeping the clamps in the corners, as far from the cut area as possible. It was a calculated compromise. -W