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I am not losing steps, but the machine adds extra steps so the bit goes deeper and deeper. The $600 Chinese routers are just a piece of junk. They can be used only to cut out very basic things...

Thanks for your reply. I just made a few cuts again: splindle off, the router moved 10 mm above the table. ( so the material could not pull the bit out of the collet) Measured the distance between...

I purchased a 3020T DESKTOP ROUTER ENGRAVER from Ebay.
Tried to engrave / cut out small tags from two colored plactic board. The problem is after a while
the bit goes deeper and deeper into the...

Thanks for the reply. What about this press? I will replace the oil filter crasher with two metal plates top and bottom. It can be connected to an air compressor. Has anyone used that one? How fast...

:drowning:I need help. I'd like to die cut 3 x 4 inch 1/8 inch cardstock with steel rule die. Just came across harbour freight sells 20 ton presses on sale for $200. Would this type of press do the...

Thanks George. It works fine. Changed the "steps per..." settings 5 times less and the travel distance is now right.
However the motors are getting hot after a few minutes. I need to constantly...

I bought a 40 W laser cutter from ebay with Nema 17 motors. Also have a CNC 3020 ebay router with nema 23 motors. I try to make one machine ( a laser cutter ) from the two. I connected the laser...

Nice work! I just started the conversion and there is one thing not celar: in the G code what will trigger the laser? The manual says the Z axis. Do I need to put a line in the beginning of the G ...

Thanks for your reply. This is my horror story: I purchased the laser from ebay. Spent 2 days on trying to get it work, however the machine is not functional at all. Installed the moshi software like...

Has anyone converted a 40w ebay laser engraver? I plan to replace the moshi board with a cnc controller board to run with mach3.
Has anyone done it? What type of controller board do I need? Please...

I purchased a 40 W laser engraver machine with MoshiDraw. Of course it came with chinese software and manual. I already spent two days on it, simply not working. Once install setup105_left_free.exe ...

Thanks Dave,

I know PVC and other plastics containing chlorine are not safe for laser. That's why I meant ABS which is chlorine free.
I am just curious: does acrylic or a hard plastic can be cut...

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did anybody try to cut ABS or other plastic sheets with so called 40 watt ( ??? ) Ebay laser engraver? Will it cut 0.2 inch ( 5 mm) deep? thanks