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Please someone just tell me if I should buy an XCarve or a Shapeoko. Every comparison article I'm reading, even ones that are from like, a week ago (likely AI generated, tbh) seem out of date-- since the XCarve appears to come with all the upgrades stock now? Like it has a modular spoilboard and it comes with the leadscrew Z axis so it's now at parity with the Shapeoko, and obviously it comes with a spindle already but Just Just put me out of my misery of trying to compare the two and tell me what to do.
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Mar 22, 2023 22:31
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lol y'all are well over a week late; I've got it half-assembled already I dropped the gantry on my finger and hosed it up real good though and also wow are the instructions really bad and also I had to disassemble the Z axis to be able to attach it to the X. Goooood poo poo, Shapeoko.
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Apr 1, 2023 22:26
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They updated the machine late last year but not the instructions, and there's no note on the adjustment So there's several parts that are different, several that are completely gone, and a few place where things just straight up weren't assembled correctly
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Apr 3, 2023 02:10
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Nothing broken, just factory-assembled incorrectly for home-assembly. Got my first dumb test cut finally sorted out after a few hurdles, so I guess I have a CNC now. Time to make a guitar or something.
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Apr 3, 2023 23:24
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That would be a massive laser cutter, in the 5-digit price range, likely. I think you can get large-format vinyl cutters to cut fabrics if you attach them to a backer first. Cricut has a whole thing for this, but I believe there's folks who make it work at that scale. And then you'd be in for a few hundred bucks and not thousands. cons: You don't get a laser to play with
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Dec 14, 2023 07:12
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I bought a D1 Pro a few months ago so I've likely been through whatever problems you're experiencing. Fire them questions
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Dec 18, 2023 20:25
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I was expecting "a little out of square" not .... that Is your material vibrating around on the bed? Do you have air assist cranked up enough that it's blowing the acrylic around? Are you trying to use this laser in the middle of a hurricane? Those speeds are fairly low for that machine so it shouldn't be drifting that much with loose belts Do you maybe have them over-tightened? What happens if you do a material test with squares instead of stars?
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Dec 19, 2023 05:48
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Inkscape is fine and free and good Or, possibly, you could just do your sketches directly in Fusion 360 and export them from there
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