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thecustomsignshop
10-10-2007, 07:30 PM
Wanted you all to know that you can cut slate... I was impressed with the performance of the machine. Had never done this before.

Kept it simple, used a regular Vgroove carbide bit in a SAE40 oil bath. Results were very impressive and was not very messy at all.

Used a slow speed on the spindle, about 11K and a feed rate of 30.

Came out clean and letters are sharp.

I'm impressed with my Shopbot yet again...
rick_woodward
10-10-2007, 08:40 PM
Pics Man, Pics ! LOL !
thecustomsignshop
10-10-2007, 09:52 PM
Trying, the file limits are killin me. The device you see by the bit is a paint brush clamped to the y. It helps keep lub around the bit... Works well
thecustomsignshop
10-10-2007, 09:57 PM
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10-10-2007, 09:57 PM
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This plus a few recent projects....
thecustomsignshop
10-10-2007, 09:59 PM
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Some 3d fun, know it isn't slate, but I'm bored waiting for the job to finish.... ;-)
myxpykalix
10-10-2007, 10:31 PM
Jim, "I feel your pain" about file size limits, but go here: http://www.xat.com/internet_technology/download.html
and download "jpeg optimizer" it will reduce the filesize while leaving your deminsions the same. It affects the resolution but not bad enough that it matters for display here.