Difference between revisions of "How to use the Shopbot"

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A Shopbot is a large CNC milling machine.

Terms

• VFD - Variable Frequency Drive;
• Control computer -
• Design computer - the computer you make your design
• Spindel - fræsihausinn - sá partur sem snýst í hringi.
• Bit - tönn sem festist í fræsihausinn sem grefur í efnið.
• Hz eða Hertz - frequency; 1/s
• Pedant -yellow pedant with emergency, reset and start buttons.

Images

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  Stjórntölva

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  Pedant with emergency, reset and start buttons

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  Spindle

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  Spindle

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  Bits

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  VFD

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  Fixing ranges for shopbot tool holder

• == Shopbot steps ==
• == Prepare your design ==
• Partworks og Partworks 3D
• PartWorks can import these types of files
• * DXF Drawing Exchange Files for CAD systems
• * EPS Encapsulated Postscript for example. Adobe Illustrator and Corel Draw.
• * AI Adobe Illustrator
• Remember to change text to path
• Filetypes which Partworks3D supports
• * PartWorks3D can open these types of files:
• * V3D PartWorks3D and Vectric Cut3D files
• * STL STL Mesh files - binary & ascii
• * V3M Vector Art 3D files
• * 3DS 3D Studio - binary & ascii
• * X DirectX
• * DXF AutoCAD 3D DXF
• * LWO LightWave
• * TXT MaxNC Digital Probe
• * SBP ShopBot Digital Probe files
• * WRL VRML
• * OBJ Wavefront
• == Turning it on - checklist ==
• === Starting out ===
• === Warming up the spindle ===
• (This doesn't need to be done if the machine has recently been used and chances are the bearings are still warm)
• === Zeroing the table ===
• === Starting a job ===
• === Emergencies ===
• * There are two emergency stop buttons that you can hit
• * You can press space on the keyboard
• * You can click with the mouse
• == Troubleshooting ==
• * If error 91 comes up, delete c:\Program Files\Shopbot\Shopbot 3\shopbot.ini
• ** then, when you turn it on, select settings for PRS Alpha 120x60
• ** Set software to mm in the "other settings" tab.
• == Settings ==
• Depending on type of bits and materials,
• == Assembly ==
• Assembly of the Shopbot can diverge significantly from the instructions in the enclosed instructions manual, mostly due to it being written in a "one size fits all" manner that doesn't really fit in with the different versions of the Shopbot.
• == Proprietary protocol ==
• The Shopbot is connected to a computer over USB (or serial link on older models). A proprietary program written in Visual Basic is used to communicate the Shopbot Parts Files to the machine. These files are written in Gerber language.
• == Shopbot skref ==
• === Festa efni ===
• Gætið þess að skorða efni vel. Mögulegt er að skrúfa efnið niður, en gæta verður þess að hafa skrúfur utan þess svæðis sem á að fræsa.
• '''ATH:''' Ef að efni fer á flakk meðan verið er að fræsa getur það skotist til, skemmst, brotið fræsitennur, og valdið bruna.
• === Að velja og skipta um tennur ===
• === Kveikja á fræsivélinni ===
• === Að hita upp fræsihausinn ===
• Það þarf að hita upp fræsihausinn áður en fræsivélin er notuð. Þetta er vegna þess að það eru legur í fræsihausnum, og þær endast betur ef það kemur bara átak á þær meðan þær eru vel heitar.
• === Ferli við fræsun ===
• === Frágangur ===
• == Links ==