So I've had my little 3018 cnc for over a month now. It came with the spindle and a laser. I got the laser going pretty quick. It is pretty easy except for pictures. Now with the spindle, the router. I know how to design shapes and things to route out. For example, I can get a small piece of hard wood and engrave the word EXIT into it. What if I want it to go the other way? I don't want to route the letters into the wood, I want the letters to be raised out of the wood. Kind of inverse... Question about routing - inverse ..read more

Hi, Looking for some fellow woodworker within Chicagoland area with CNC that could cut in 1" thick phenolic panel. Basically just need to route in insert for my Jessem lift 11.75x9.25 No need for step down dado, as I will be using Kreg levelers. Sizes of phenolic panel are 22.5 x 28.625. * I did route those before myself, but hoping this would be my last router table and looking for some perfection ..read more

Didn't come out like I wanted but it was a speed modeling exercise. Finished this in a little over an hour. Really ugly geometry but might make for a fun carve. So what do you all want to see made into a cnc pattern next ..read more

Hello - My name is Henry and this is my first post here, I apologize in advance if I’m doing anything wrong. I am a plumber by trade but now have physical disabilities that prevent me from doing the heavy work anymore. I am looking to purchase and use the cnc router and conventional woodworking tools to start a little home based business with a new shop I am going to have built on my property. I can do what I can as my body allows. I am looking to go directly to the source and cut out... Please help ! I’m going to purchase a cnc router ..read more

J'ai toujours l'erreur QU0 (*) 10282 ! Communication avec API défectueux Merci de me dire d'où vient ce problème et comment le résoudre. Translation by Moderator: I always have the error QU0 (*) 10282! Communication with faulty PLC Please tell me where this problem comes from and how to solve it ..read more

I just bought the machine set it up. I couldn’t figure out the software that came with it due to the instructions coming from a windows 7 and I’m on windows 10. I’m not very savvy with computers. So I used easel. I typed in everything I wanted it to route and got all the way to the carve. Once it started carving I watched the machine did about 50% of what it was supposed to. I’m confused on what to do. I leveled the machine, made sure all my settings were right. The machine goes in the... My rattmotor 3018 cnc machine isn’t routing everything… help ..read more

using Logic Trace I will trace out a paper copy of the moon and flowers and cut this profile on a CO2 laser moonflowers using Logic Trace I will trace out a paper copy of the moon and flowers and cut this profile on a CO2 laser stankern.vids.io this *.dxf file could be cnc cut ..read more

using logic trace I will show tracing a guitar profile and creating a *.dxf for the CO2 laser to engrave, also will be using live edge wih a beautiful grain pattern (bird's eye spalded maple) bass guitar profile using logic trace I will show tracing a guitar profile and creating a *.dxf for the CO2 laser to engrave, also will be using live edge wih a beautiful g... stankern.vids.io this is also a good *.dxf file for CNC ..read more

Request from the wife for a 3d print of a mushroom and of course I had to make a quick cnc pattern to go along with it for my library ..read more

Grey scale height map image pattern of a mandela rosette for your carving or 3d printing fun. What it should look like after converting to STL using your favorite software ..read more