Thanks! Glad you like them!

Glad it was helpful!

Glad it was helpful!

Glad you like them!

My pleasure!

Thank you!

I appreciate the comment. :) It's hard not to just make content on the machine... especially after spending the money for it! LOL

@@Samcraftcom I am impressed the capabilities of a CNC but just can't find the money or space.

Thanks!

Awesome to hear you're getting the NEW Shapeoko 4!!! Woo hoo!!! I'll see what I can come up with, thanks for the suggestion and getting my thinker thinking! :)

Glad you liked it!

I've not had any noticeable issues arise from it, so it's not turned into any issue for me.

Thanks! I would get the BitSetter, BitZero, BitRunner. In that order. :)

I don't have that machine. I only have a Shapeoko Pro XXL.

You could, if you split your job into separate files per bit. The benefit of a BitSetter is to just program one job with different tool numbers. When it's done with Tool #1, it stops, you load Tool #2, then press Start. It automatically senses the bit and keeps going without any further touch probe work.

@@Samcraftcom thanks for clearing that up. I have been learning on a cheap ebay 3018. On that machine I use individual files and DIY touch probe.

I would recommend the Pro (sam has the pro, shapeoko 4 is not the same). I have the pro XL version. Sam has XXL. You would have to decide for yourself when it comes to the HYBRID TABLE option. I got it. I do not intend to cut the top of it at all & instead will use thin waste boards between it & the work piece - I could have saved hundreds by just skipping it & mounting my own wasteboard instead. Food for thought. It is a good machine. Depending on your needs, you may want to look at Onefinity as well. Keeping in mind, Carbide3D is a company based in USA & Onefinity comes out of Canada. Also from Canada is Longmill - also a very good machine. Shapeoko Pro seems very nice & I like the controller board is mounted directly to it. That said, you may want to weigh the pros & cons of all of these machines. Drive systems: Onefinity has the best drive system of all of them (ball screws). Longmill mk2 uses Acme/Lead screws - decent. Garrett Fromme’s channel has a great set of videos about the longmill. He has 2 generations of the machine. Next is Shapeoko 4 & Pro, using belts to drive on. Not ideal! However, they are beefy 15mm belts & decent. They can be upgraded as well, with third-party aftermarket belts, down the road. They seem very fine to me. I think they are reinforced, though I am not sure yet. Stepcraft’s new 3rd gen D series is worth looking at. It is very, very good. Probably the best of all the machines named DEPENDING on which one you get & which options you need - the options can make it costly fast. The stepcraft runs with lead screws & steel-on-steel rails. It is a massive leap forward from the second generation stepcraft D machines, in basically every way.

The bit zero itself is not required, you can zero the machine manually. But the zeroing process is required so that the machine knows where the stock begins at for the job.

Either one is fine. Their branded router is a Makita clone, so it's the same internals. I've never had issues with my clone router from them. It came with extra brushes which is the part that tends to wear out over time... although I'm still on my original set.

No problem... with the v1 BitZero from Carbide 3D. The v2 may not work well since it zeros from inside a pocket vs. the outside faces of the block. When running v-bit jobs, I'll eyeball the x and y axis zero points, then use the probe for the z axis only.

That happened once, but it's also been known to keep going and not register the contact on me a time or two. I never could explain it. This all happened with the V1 BitZero. I've not used the V2 long enough to say if it will happen to it or not. But yes... I be human still. :D

@@Samcraftcom The only time I had a problem was when I didn't put the alligator clip on. I still use the V1

I totally understand that!! This was a business purchase so that helped a lot (taxes). If I didn't have that option I would not have gotten this huge machine. I would have gotten one of the smaller machines.

I didn't see it before -- KZfaq likes to delete comments with links. That's a neat solution for his machine though. Thankfully I don't have to do that with mine since it's all metal and self-grounding from spindle to frame, etc. :)

@@Samcraftcom Actually you do when you snap that magnetic connection to the spindle ... (after you had the alligator clip ...you upgraded from...)

Hehehe if only they'd make another CNC for me, then it'd be fine by me!

Fair enough, still appreciate you stopping by!