How to: Get started in Carveco with a welcome sign

In this video I show one way to get started learning how to use Carveco software by creating a welcome sign from start to finish. I use 3/4 inch MDF for its easy carve ability. I will show how to create seperate files to enable the use of seperate bits.
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[@robinparkes988]

I’m just about to venture into the CNC world and was looking for instructional videos on Carveco. I’ve found a few tutorial channels, but I must say, that yours are the clearest for me. Thanks so much for taking the time to produce these videos. Very much appreciated 🇬🇧

[@Hinkleshop]

You’re very welcome Robin thanks for watching and thank you for the kind words

[@bcole295]

I have to sat thank you for such a detailed video. I have dyslexia and with your amazing help i am now about to carve my first sign. Again thank you very much...

[@Hinkleshop]

Thank you for watching congratulations that’s awesome

[@justwavingenterprises2542]

New cnc owner here, thank you so much for creating this very thorough video - greatly appreciate it!

[@Hinkleshop]

Thanks for watching And thank you for the kind words

[@Martin1519]

Thanks man, this is the first tutorial I'm trying out, and i learned a lot from it. definite like from me!

[@Hinkleshop]

Glad it helped you out

[@jamesgravel7755]

That was a very understandable explanation. Thank you. I am a total novice when it comes to anything computers. That was perfect. Have a great night

[@philgerman5322]

LITTERLY JUST GOT MY CNC DELIVERED AS I WAS WATCHING YOUR VIDEO thanks for your detail followed

[@Hinkleshop]

Thank you!!!

[@BuckysCustoms]

Great video, Sir! I love how thorough you are in your instruction!! You not only show how to use #Carveco you also give real world tips! A big help to someone new to CNC! Thank you as well for the mention!

[@Hinkleshop]

Thank you!! Glad you enjoyed the vid and your welcome!

[@ClintonCaraway-CNC]

You two are talking via KZbin comments. I just call my in-laws on FaceTime. Next time you two get together for Thanksgiving or Christmas I want to see a "shop visit" video on both channels!

[@Hinkleshop]

That’s a great idea!

[@ricksuleman9533]

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[@miketomko2933]

I've watched many many videos trying 😂understand cnc but yours is great. Very understandable 👌

[@Hinkleshop]

Thank you Mike thanks for watching and I’m glad you enjoyed it. I hope it helped you in someway.

[@atamazon3755]

Finally, I get it… Well I understand more than I did 32 min ago. Sincerely appreciate you. Thank you

[@Hinkleshop]

Thank you for watching and so glad it helped you!

[@soerenhuba]

Thanks for this! Was thumbwrestling with Maker to do a sign and took from this to make it a Vcarve toolpath.

[@Hinkleshop]

Glad to help thanks for watching

[@jimpalmer1944]

You are a great teacher. Perfect step by step.

[@Hinkleshop]

Thank you for watching and the kind words

[@jimzins7018]

Thank you so much for the video. I'm really new to cnc and this was very easy to follow. Now the real test - trying it myself! I'll be back for more video help. Thanks again!

[@Hinkleshop]

Thanks for watching glad you enjoyed the video Good luck with your project!

[@stuartsherman5975]

Very helpful video for my beginning journey in the CNC world. Thanks.

[@Hinkleshop]

You’re welcome thanks for watching

[@rauchfamily4]

Just getting into Carvco after exhausting what I could do with Carbide Create and this was fantastic. I learned a ton! Thank you!

[@Hinkleshop]

Thanks for watching I felt the same way and that’s why I switched to Carveco it’s an awesome program

[@robertdomulevicz5065]

Wow a video that speaks in plain simple English and instructions. I just subscribed to his site

[@Hinkleshop]

Thank you Robert!

[@RobertKania-q4s]

Great video! I just setup my new onefinity foreman elite. Thanks to you i'll be making my first cut. Wish me luck.

[@Hinkleshop]

Thank you I’m glad you enjoyed it. Good luck on your first cut and every cut after your first one.

[@henryonserio8378]

Wonderful, not rush explanation, I appreciate your much needed help. Good job, I wish you could have sent the work for cutting in this video.

[@Hinkleshop]

Thank you

[@scorpianspirit5124]

Very well done, I did learn and will subscribe as well. This is exactly what I needed to get started with my new machine. The machine I purchased is the Prover xl 6050 and this will be my very first attempt at using this machine. Wish me luck, lol. Thanks for the tutorial, I will be looking at your other videos for more follow up. Cheers !

[@Hinkleshop]

Thank you! And good luck 👍

[@roy-pm2ns]

Thanks for the easy to follow video for a beginner. So much easier to learn here. Confident enough after watching once to go ahead and start working.

[@Hinkleshop]

You’re very welcome Roy thanks for watching the video i’m glad you enjoyed it and found it informative

[@dluxbbq567]

Thank you so much! Excellent, Easy to follow instructions!

[@michaelrose3115]

Thank you so very much. You have made it very clear. Mike in the UK

[@Hinkleshop]

Thank you for watching I’m glad it helped!!

[@billyhooks99]

Great video Mr. Hinkle thinking of moving to carveco maker from Easel. I like the control over toolpaths it offers.

[@Hinkleshop]

Thank you! I highly recommend changing to carveco it’ll be a pretty steep learning curve but once you have it down, you wonder why you waited so long to switch

[@billyhooks99]

@@Hinkleshop actually I am cnc machinist learning curve won't be to bad. There wasn't anything you said in the video that sounded foreign to me.Just have to make sure my old laptop can run it.

[@Hinkleshop]

Awesome then it will be a walk in the park

[@Lorddarthvader1701]

New sub, and new to Carveco, great instructional video. This really will help.

[@Hinkleshop]

Thank you for watching and subscribing!!

[@HeirloomGameCalls]

Great video! My 3rd time watching. Getting the basics. Just working through getting my CNC to speak to my computer. I think it's the format I saved it as.

[@Hinkleshop]

Thank you for watching!! In the beginning learning the software is a challenge but hang it there once you have it down the projects you can make are incredible

[@HeirloomGameCalls]

@@Hinkleshop the worst right now is trying to find the right g-codes for my machine. I think I have it but, for some reason, my machine never makes it out of the strat point. Like it's trying to cut the whole welcome sign on a pin head.

[@Hinkleshop]

What machine do you have? If you contact Leighton @carveco tech support letting him know which machine he will point you in the correct direction let him know I suggested you contact him

[@HeirloomGameCalls]

@@Hinkleshop they're even going to try and get the rotary set up and goingr.

[@Hinkleshop]

@@HeirloomGameCalls that’s great! they are a really good group at Carveco

[@sneakyneaky]

A lot of great tips in this video, thank you mate

[@Hinkleshop]

You’re very welcome Thanks for watching

[@3s-Woodworking]

Great video thanks for the much needed help. I know this may vary based machine router etc but what would be the average estimated machine time. Don't really see anyone discussing that.

[@Hinkleshop]

Thanks for watching A rough guess based on 50 IPM I would say 15 -30 min There are many variables involved such as safe z settings and travel speed during rapid moves

[@terryausborn4073]

Thanks you helped a lot.

[@Hinkleshop]

Thanks for watching and glad it helped you out

[@DebHeadworth]

Great video! Thank you for helping me!

[@Hinkleshop]

Thank you for watching glad to help

[@gunner105mm]

Thank you really useful, and good instruction on an initial starting point for projects

[@Hinkleshop]

Thanks for watching hope it helps you in some way

[@dougwulf6684]

Fantastic explanations!

[@Hinkleshop]

Thank you! And thanks for watching

[@buddytaylor6983]

Very informative. When you put the files on your desktop, could you send them to a thumb drive? Im new at this and actually my CNC hasn’t come in yet.

[@Hinkleshop]

Yes I create files on my desktop all the time then send to a thumb drive to take out to the shop laptop

[@pawpawscustomcreations6447]

Thank you so much. The Canadian or French guy doesn't explain that well.

[@sonnyhinkle2093]

Thanks!

[@Hinkleshop]

Thank YOU! very much Sonny we really appreciate it! Glad you enjoyed the video

[@rafikshaikh7530]

Thank you sir

[@Hinkleshop]

Thank you for watching!

[@Nissan300zxshowcar]

Great video!

[@Hinkleshop]

Thank you for watching! and the compliment

[@michaelsweet8327]

Great video! Question, you did your xy with a vbit in the lower left corner. If you then changed bits with say a tapered ball, would that be a problem since the diameter of the bit was smaller?

[@Hinkleshop]

Thanks for watching I think I understand your question Basically you are wondering if you can use a tapered ball instead of a vee bit If that’s the question Then yes as long as you choose a v bit tool path strategy it will work The walls of the letters will match the taper of the bit

[@michaelsweet8327]

Thank you so much for the reply. Basically, yes, that answers it. My question since getting this longmill using gsender has been if you create a catch all tray, (yes, the one I made from your video) and not have a touchplate, could you start the project with the 1/4” endmill in the lower left corner using the paper method to get your initial xyz. Then, when changing to the vbit, just reposition the vbit and get the z from the same place, not the xy, leaving that as originally created with the first 1/4” position. Sorry for the long description, but I don’t believe I’ve ever seen a video explaining that. Your videos have been super helpful, thank you for that!

[@Hinkleshop]

@michaelsweet8327 be sure to rezero for z height when changing from one bit to another

[@johnhenderson7151]

Where can I get the program to do this type of work.

[@Hinkleshop]

Thanks for watching The software is called Carveco

[@bigeasy_f150]

why is the font so much thicker in the carving than it is on the screen ?

[@Hinkleshop]

It may be the finish depth setting or the 90 bit used has a larger profile than what Carveco is being told you are using I ran into that with a bit from amana that was larger than the one I programmed

[@hashmatshafaq2745]

Hi ,In my application there are no tools uploaded. Are there any files I can download to add them?

[@Hinkleshop]

Thank you for watching When you are creating the tool paths and you click to select a tool a drop down should appear on the left with sub drop downs that show the tools available if that is not the case it would appear you have a software issue contact Carveco support and they will get that fixed Hope this helps

[@blackfirst1691]

can carveco software engrave acrylic?

[@Hinkleshop]

@@blackfirst1691 yes But more importantly you have to use the correct bit You need what they call an O flute bit I recommend the one from Cadence manufacturing The name given to the bit on the website is the “oh jenny”

[@blackfirst1691]

@Hinkleshop thank You Sir, I really appreciate that you responded back, it's a lot of people that have videos that dont. Right now I'm using the trial version, but it seems that there is no area that says "SEND" so it will start the router to work...I'm trying to engrave on acrylic

[@Hinkleshop]

@blackfirst1691 there isn’t a send button You need to save the file to what ever post processing system your cnc uses In my case I have a onefinity with a black box controller I send the file to a thumb drive that I insert into the box to convert to G code

[@blackfirst1691]

@@Hinkleshop i have the genmitsu 4030, are we talking about the black power box?

[@Hinkleshop]

@blackfirst1691 sorry im not familiar with the genmitsu’s On the onefinity it is the buildbotics controller

[@dluxbbq567]

When I save my finished Tool paths to my desktop, it saves in Acrobat but wont reopen, i get an error message, wont open, Any thoughts? Thank you

[@Hinkleshop]

Check the post processor selection before you save the tool path It’s on the right side bottom of the screen

[@dluxbbq567]

@@HinkleshopAppreciate the reply, Ive tried both, the UGS and Fox Alien, I get the same error code, frustrating!!

[@Hinkleshop]

@dluxbbq567 You can’t open the tool path from the desktop you have to open it in your Carveco model make your changes and then save over the original that’s on the desk top I didn’t catch that in the first question sorry

[@dluxbbq567]

I installed Note pad and saved it there, it opens now! Do you offer Virtual One on One Training?

[@Hinkleshop]

Glad you have got it working We are currently looking for the right platform to give the one on ones If you need immediate help shoot me an email and I’ll be glad to help [e-mail]

[@pawpawscustomcreations6447]

Thanks!

[@Hinkleshop]

You’re welcome hope this helped