I finally got to the point after running the latest 0.75 firmware and putting the machine through a lot of test runs with a marker that I was willing to risk cutting wood. I’ve been wanting to carve this sign for a friend since March - it feels good that the software has improved significantly and now I’ve been able to cut it without issues. And I ended up needing to cut it twice since I didn’t have the depth of cut set right to cut the outside circle - that meant resetting the machine before the first and second pass, retract/extend/tension and moving it back to Home. It homed to exactly the right spot (I’d put a drill spot in the gcode at 0,0 so I knew where it was) and carved the second pass exactly over the first pass. So good to see that.
The story about it is that I have a friend who will only drink Miller Lite. His last name is Minkel so I wanted to design a sign for his shop that captured that theme. I was able to find the Miller Lite font online and used it to design the sign in Easel.
Now time to paint it.
Side note: I added a MagFitt dust collector coupler to the printed 4" dust collector port. It works wonderfully and really makes it easy to attach and remove the dust collector hose from the machine. (MagFitt link)
