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

  • Stjórntölva

  • Pedant with emergency, reset and start buttons

  • Spindle

  • Spindle

  • Bits

  • VFD

  • 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 ==
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