wine bottle charcuterie board on printnc

[@stevendaddario8803]

So cool! Keep up the videos pls!

[@tonyrichmond9428]

Thanks! I've been super busy homesteading lately, so not a lot of video happening. I do have to use the cnc to cut some brackets for a chicken coop I'm building, so maybe I'll make a video on that whole thing.

[@gizmobowen]

I saw your "bit setter" switch in another video. Is there anything special about it if someone wanted to make their own? I'd like to add one to my PrintNC but haven't wanted to spend the money for one. I'm assuming a simple switch in a 3D printed box will work well.

[@tonyrichmond9428]

Only thing special about it is that it's stupid cheap. Momentary NO switch in a 3D printed part. On my mpcnc, it lived in a fixed location. More on that here: forum.v1engineering.com/t/new-z-offset-setup/23756/3 Right now its more handy to move around because i like to use temporary spoilboards on my through-cut pieces (like this charcuterie board). Good luck!

[@gizmobowen]

@@tonyrichmond9428 That's excellent, thank you for the information. I had assumed is was just a NO momentary switch. I'd like to set mine up in a fixed location so that I can recalculate the tool offset during a project. I haven't worked through though details and I'm not sure if it's better than just using my contact plate to zero it on the part, but it looks cool, so I'm thinking about giving it a go. Thanks for your videos on your PrintNC. I look forward to seeing more in the future (no pressure).

[@tonyrichmond9428]

@@gizmobowen glad to hear it! I've kicked around the idea of voicing over the video with what I'm doing, but I really don't know how much value that will add to the deal. I think these are good videos to fastforward, lol. The whole thing started as documentation to show folks how often I screw up on my way to figuring something out, lol. Plenty of videos of people dialed in, chewing through aluminum amd even steel, but I wanted the slower folks to know that at least they have company! Very capable machine, but I run mine for hours a week just turning over little jobs. Much faster than the mpcnc (but maybe not faster than 6 mpcncs, which I could have built for this price!). For your switch, maybe consider adding some rare earth magnets to the bottom of your print, then sinking a screw per magnet into the spoil board and leaving your wires long. It'll stay put while you touch off, but you can pick it up and move it to whatever surface you need to zero. Or maybe I'll try it out and make a video?