My CNC Router (Joe's Kit)

[ccsparky]

Originally Posted by joe2000che Looks very good so far, I always get excited to see someone building the machine. Have you picked out a color scheme? joe

Hey Joe,

Thanks!

I was really giving the John Deere look some heavy thought but the white is really nice looking also.
Maybe... no, you'll just have to wait for the pictures.

[bp092]

heh looks nice, I've actually never worked with grizzly tools although I've heard nothing but good things about them.. I've been all delta/portercable/powermatic for as long as I've been in woodworking. Although I do have some other brand tools . CCsparky, go with the John Deere! I'm thinking of going with the hammered steel paint that I used awhile back, that stuff looks neat when it sets.

[Robert M]

I purchased the Shuttle Pro v2 off of ebay the other day

Hey sparky !

I’m a newbie to all this CNC world and after reading your post, I’m trying to understand what good the Shuttle Pro V2 can do and/or help with the Mach 3 ??
Went at the mach 3 forum, but can’t really pin any simple reasons, worst yet if I go the Google route, it appears it’s good for the audio/video world ??!!
Could you explain more in dept for me what good can it do for Cnc-ing ?!
Appreciate your time.
Robert M

[ger21]

Originally Posted by Robert M Hey sparky ! I’m a newbie to all this CNC world and after reading your post, I’m trying to understand what good the Shuttle Pro V2 can do and/or help with the Mach 3 ??

You can use it to remotely control your machine. You can jog the axis using the dials, and program the buttons to start, stop and pause the machine. I just took a quick look and see that each button can be configured for one of about 40-50 functions in Mach3. If you haven't already, download mach3 and install it, and install the shuttle plugin, go to Config Plugins and you'll see what it can be set up to do.

[ccsparky]

Originally Posted by Robert M Hey sparky ! I’m a newbie to all this CNC world and after reading your post, I’m trying to understand what good the Shuttle Pro V2 can do and/or help with the Mach 3 ??

Hello Robert M

I have not done anything with my kit for a while and have not yet used the Shuttle Pro V2 however ger21 explains it well.
David Da Costa also uses the device. He has an excellent plog going. Give him a yell.

[ccsparky]

Have been spending a lot of family time with our daughter. She is married to a fine young man that is in the Army. He is stationed overseas and she will be leaving tomorrow to be with her husband for two years. Hopefully he will then be stationed closer to home!
You raise them and look forward to the days when they stand on their own.
Damn, I miss her already!!! Oh, and I just found out I'm going to be a grandpa. I'm getting old, better get out of this rocking chair, find my cane and get back to the kit while I still have the stamina to get around...

Ok, no old guy jokes, I'll be 50 next year.

Should be back to working on the kit soon!

Happy Holidays everyone!!!

[David Da Costa]

Congratulations ccsparky!

[Robert M]

Originally Posted by ccsparky Hello Robert M I have not done anything with my kit for a while and have not yet used the Shuttle Pro V2 however ger21 explains it well. David Da Costa also uses the device. He has an excellent plog going. Give him a yell.

To David Da Costa...

May I ask to tell me more about this device ??
Thanks
Robert M

[David Da Costa]

I have the shuttle express and it enables you to select the axis you want to jog and then using the two wheels jog to axis to the position you want.

The larger Shuttle Pro is the same but has more buttons that you can assign to perform various functions in Mach 3.

Hope that helps

David

[Robert M]

Thanks for the reply !

But have to admit, since I’m a newbie to this CNC world… I’m don’t fully understand what it can potentially do !
Do you mean by

enables you to select the axis you want to jog and then using the two wheels jog to axis to the position you want.

that with the Shuttle you could manually position and control the router position ( all axis ) any where you want ??
Sorry for being so “green”, but heck at 42 I have to get up to speed if I want to make my version of Joe’s CNC soon!!

Thanks
Robert

[ccsparky]

Originally Posted by David Da Costa Congratulations ccsparky!

Thanks David!

Robert M,

Wish I could offer more help, you did say you were at the Mach support forum so you probably have already done this...

I did a search for "shuttle" and came up with several posts, some don't have anything to do with the shuttle but several do and there is some pretty good conversation going on in them that gives a lot of ideas I believe on how folks intend on or are using them.

http://machsupport.com/forum/index.php
search shuttle

Best I can do at this time.

[ccsparky]

Originally Posted by Robert M Thanks for the reply ! But have to admit, since I’m a newbie to this CNC world… I’m don’t fully understand what it can potentially do ! Do you mean by that with the Shuttle you could manually position and control the router position ( all axis ) any where you want ?? Sorry for being so “green”, but heck at 42 I have to get up to speed if I want to make my version of Joe’s CNC soon!! Thanks Robert

Well listen up youngster...

Yes that's what he means,
You can program a button for X one for Y and another for Z, by selecting say the "z" button you can raise and lower the router with the wheel.