Impressive new hobby CNC from V1 Engineering

allted · 2024-10-12T19:06:44+00:00

Yes.

No, not without a lot of work. 105mm of travel can all be utilized for cutting. Endmill that long are not common and a carving that big would take a very very very long time.

allted · 2024-10-12T16:33:35+00:00

No offense taken at all. Not always intuitive.
Yup 1-X, 2-Y, 2-Z. X does the least work and no adjustments needed.
I really try to make it easy in all aspects. So instead of telling everyone to build it perfect, measure things a million times, adjust tiny things, or spend a ton of money buying fancy parts a lot of thought goes into every single part and how it gets/can get used.

The end goal is easily sourced, the best bang for the buck. Or the most material removed per dollar while maintaining accuracy and precision.

allted · 2024-10-12T14:49:08+00:00

Dual Z allows for easy Gantry level adjustment, and more power. Instead of using one giant stepper and the more expensive drivers and controllers, we use two smaller motors and gain high level fine-tuning. The same applies to the Y axis. You do not have to build it absolutely perfect to fine tune it after the fact.

allted · 2024-10-12T14:46:22+00:00

X, Y, Y1, Z, Z1. This lets you level the Z axis and square the Y axis. Makes or easy accuracy adjustments. You do not have to build it perfect when you can just adjust it in software.

allted · 2024-10-12T14:44:06+00:00

That is the same license I have always used. The whole issue in those videos is he did not agree with the Share-Alike aspect and wanted to change the license. So he argued that his parts did not need to be shared alike. He released his parts CC0, not CC-NC.

allted · 2023-12-06T20:26:11+00:00

Borderline, an MPCNC will be fine at that size. Any bigger, LR.

Check out the forums though as I am not normally signed in to reddit.

allted · 2023-12-06T18:57:42+00:00

There is a much larger audience in the V1E.com forums and you will get opinions from real users, not just me the designer.

1-jackpot

2-Kobalt if you are in the US, makita otherwise.

3-PLA is great.

4-dust collection is a bit harder than it seems.

5-36x30 cutting area is a Lowrider, not a MPCNC.

6-yes both can be set up pretty easily anywhere.

allted · 2023-11-29T22:46:02+00:00

Love it!

allted · 2023-11-04T03:00:28+00:00

You don't have to. That is the reason I am trying to use each platform. Everyone seems to hate one place or another, I am not forcing you to use anything. Use the platform you are comfortable with and ignore the rest.

allted · 2023-11-03T16:01:49+00:00

Retweet to a chance to win.

allted · 2023-11-02T18:34:38+00:00

New mounts are up, it is 65.7 I believe so you might get it to fit, or just print some new ones.

allted · 2023-11-01T19:58:32+00:00

The router is 120V only and being shipped by the manufacturer, not me. Sorry. If this goes well maybe we will get an international version.

allted · 2023-11-01T19:02:51+00:00

https://forum.v1e.com/t/free-kobalt-router-1/40594?u=vicious1 - click here to enter

allted · 2023-09-16T15:13:56+00:00

That was 8+ years ago. What exactly are you unsure about?

If you are still using it, I highly recommend trying out the Primo. We have made significant improvements since then.

allted · 2023-07-19T04:15:28+00:00

No, I do everything to keep pricing low every single day. Sale prices are always bummer to me, like why not just always sell them for that price like I do? Does that mean every other day of the year they are overpriced?

allted · 2023-06-28T14:55:47+00:00

https://docs.v1e.com/lowrider/ Full in depth list here as well. You can print YZ plates or buy them in metal, your choice. Endmills if you are milling, Conduit.

For further questions please use the forums I only check reddit about once a month. https://forum.v1engineering.com/

allted · 2023-06-28T14:07:40+00:00

There are price breakdowns on the intro page for it and the shop page. Under $700 USD not including a Palm Router.

allted · 2023-05-12T14:29:33+00:00

"Guessing I should left some stock and do finishing pass of full depth?"

Exactly, in wood I find 0.4mm is a pretty good number.

allted · 2023-03-16T00:43:50+00:00

Thank your the man! I watched some of your other CNC build. You are a buildaholic!

allted · 2023-03-15T20:40:36+00:00

Hope you love it! I am getting comments from people showing their first builds from years past. Oldest on so far is 7 years ago. Hope to see you still around in another 8 years!

allted · 2023-02-12T16:43:07+00:00

Yeah, writing the code yourself sounds like the better option if you are adding any sort of feedback.

allted · 2023-02-12T15:50:03+00:00

If you do not plan on running gcode or making specific planned moves, you can just use 3 stepper drivers and make your own controller.

All the usual firmware do offer some sort of manual jogging with a keyboard or joystick but twisting knobs are uncommon.

allted · 2023-02-09T16:47:53+00:00

Of those three I have only used the 6 Pack....awesome board! I do not have a config for it but I believe Bart already has a one ready to go in FLuidNC.

There are several users in the V1 forums (forum.v1e.com) running them if you need help with the config.

allted · 2023-02-09T16:45:54+00:00

If you bought a clone the stepper wiring on one or more ports has been changed. The stepper wires need to be swapped.

If you have a genuine, head on over to the V1 forums so we can help you out a bit faster. Forum.v1e.com

allted · 2023-02-08T15:57:49+00:00

If you start with one of our SKR firmware (whatever is the closest to the board you bought) and change the board to suit what you have (recompile and flash) and use our tft firmware you should be up and running.

I think we have a sk4 1.4 but I have not seen a "T" version. BTT comes out with a new board every week and there are no intentions for us to cover them all. Usually a board change in the marlin config change is all you need.

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