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MattLussier Wrote:
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> i'm fuzzy on a lot here...and i've read the
> Handibot User manual a couple times...
>
> 1. Does the handibot control the router speed or
> do i adjust that manually with the dial on the
> router?
NO, there is not speed controller, I had a heck of a time figuring that out. use the knob on the Dewalt.
That really needs to be spelled out in bold.
> 2. When i am setting up my custom TOOL INFO in the
> TOOL DATABASE (in VCarvePro) do i have to set the
> spindle speed there, or adjust it manually on the
> router?
You can type anything you want in there as I has no effect, see #1
> concerning RPM, when i read the owners manual of
> the dewalt router, it says:
> SPEED SELECTION CHART
> dial 1 - 16000 RPM
> dial 2 - 18200 RPM
> dial 3 - 20400 RPM
> dial 4 - 22600 RPM
> dial 5 - 24800 RPM
> dial 6 - 27000 RPM
>
> But when i use the chip load calculator with my
> bit: Onsrud 52-287 at a Cutting-Speed/Feed-Rate of
> 1inch/sec it tells me my Router needs to be
> 3000-6000 RPM.... which from the router manual
> seems to be an impossible speed to reach. ?!?
Yup, chip loading is a big fat compromise using a router, the good news is wood and wood like products are quite forgiving on chip load.
Two things you can do, run the router at 4-5 in softer woods (I find much lower than 4 and there is not much torque) and get some one flute bits, one flute over two in the calculations gets you much closer to what you want. I just got one in 1/4 and 1/8th and love them. Nice healthy chips and so quite.
> i'm so lost...
We'll get you found!
>
> i very much appreciate your help... i am a RTFM
> kind of guy...I just can't seem to find the
> relevant info in the manuals.
RTFM is good but we are so close to being on our own here that you need to do more. Vetric's site will give you tons of info on VCarve, the regular shopbot forum has lots of good info as well as 90% of Handibot issues can be extrapolated from shopbot stuff. Lots of good shopbot video on YouTube
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>
> Considering the Handibot is being marketed to the
> hobbyist with limited CNC experience, maybe there
> needs to be a better Handibot-specific
> manual/CNC-primer to walk a newbie through... i
> watched many Shopbot and Vcarve training videos
> and thought i was ready to dive in, but i keep
> having these cutting issues on what should be a
> routine and basic cutting project. So frustrating.
I am with you, the learning curve is steep but it is far from impossible for a reasonably intelligent person. I hope that they do come up with some good primer stuff for the new guys but in the mean time we can get though as a community.
I am like the most active person here as I want a lot of folk to succeed so when I have a problem you will be here for me.
One last thing, learn to search the forum, already a years worth of stuff here, lots of things we have already worked though.