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Shapeoko 3 Upgrades – Part 1.3
Good news this time. So there is good news… I did use this as a chance to buy a new tool but what I bought was a 48″ level with milled sides. Guaranteed to be flat to .0005″ (right, pull the other one,...
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Shapeoko 3 Upgrades – Part 1.4 (Long)
Last time we checked in I had determined that the table was indeed pretty flat, so I was going to proceed. So I did. I was going to do some glue-up for another project which meant my work surface...
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Shapeoko 3 Upgrades – Part 2
I have done some other mods to my S3 so as long as I’m waiting to hear from support I’ll write them up now. While I don’t think mounting the control board to the back of the X rail is a bad idea, I’m...
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Shapeoko 3 Upgrades – Interlude
(I’ve kind of given up on the Part X numbering at this point…) Last we heard I was waiting for my shims to arrive for the v-wheels. While I was waiting I decided to checkout out the spacer washers that...
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Shimming Shapeoko 3 Wheel Bearings
This post describes the process that I used to shim the bearings in my Shapeoko 3 V-Wheels. This process could be used for any V-Wheel assembly whether it’s used on a Shapeoko or some other machine....
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Shapeoko 3 Upgrades – Finishing Up (For Now)
I did a whole bunch of work today, but didn’t take a lot of photos because it wasn’t really work that needs them. I bolted all the wheels to the plates again and then realized that since I had changed...
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Shapeoko 3 Upgrades – Finishing Up, For Now
I did decide that three layers of 3/4″ MDF was too high for the risers, so I glued up some double-thickness risers a couple of days ago. Then I decided to go down and play around to see if that would...
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Shapeoko 3 – Some Tests and Some Results!
Lots of stuff today. Mostly testing and such. First thing I did was setup the dial indicator to measure the Z flex. I set it up and measured in the X and Y axis with the Z fully retracted and then...
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Shapeoko 3 – XL Upgrade Part 1 (Long)
I received my XL upgrade for my Shapeoko 3 the other day and started to install it a couple of days ago. When it originally arrived I was concerned that it wouldn’t work for me, since I had designed my...
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Shapeoko 3 XL Upgrade Part 2
Last night I did some more work on my upgrade. The first step was to extend a couple of wires. The ground wire and the Y limit switch wires were configured so that I needed to extend them a little bit,...
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