Talks about vector and rastor graphics, but no mention of imported vector file types. It uses True-Type Fonts, and imports most image type files. It doesn't do Gerber or DXF, but promises to add these soon. Didn't see any post about problems with it. #Craftsman carvewright software#The software is definately unique, but sounds like it does a great job. Most of the problems posted didn't seem too serious, and I'd most likely have fixed them myself. Really does sound like a neat little machine, and almost worth going through some customer service hassles. I could see this thing paying for itself very quickly. #Craftsman carvewright free#Got a hunch most people get good running machines, and spend their free time carving, rather than typing in forums. Will keep am eye on it for a few months and see how it looks then. CarveWright (manufacturer) sells them for $1899, so $200 discount from Sears, would tell me its not new. But think that might be the buyer's fault. Quite a few complaints from people who claim to have been sold refurbished units, by Sears. Never been a big fan, second only to Radio Shack. Mostly just been looking through the troubleshooting posts, so of course everyone has problems. Many threads from last year, but started thinning out some toward December. Kind of looks like early machines had some problems. Stop by and talk to the people there, they know CNC. Over on the CNC Zone forum there are several people building/(maybe have built) a wood cutting CNC from plans. In short if you can find this tool anywhere else do not get it from sears. This is the nice table with cast iron top and wings. #Craftsman carvewright professional#Sears said it was not a professional tool and I should live with it. When new the local store came out and replaced it. My Sears TS top had a bad front to back curve. It should have been recalled and replace. The local store said they would be happy to replace it with the same tool when it died if still in warrenty. Mine was till in warrenty when I found this out. The blades would shoot out of the router. The internal cooling fan was not well designed and self destructed. I once purchased a Sears best Electronic Speed Control router. This is understandable since Sears does not make the tools. Most any tool you can find at Sears can be found elsewhere for less money. I do some metal casting, and wood can be used as a mold.Īnybody have one of these, or thinking about getting one? I'm still considering the purchase (tough to resist when you have the cash). I still like the woodcarving examples, and could definately use it for that. One pretty cool thing, you can get a digitizing stylus, to make copies of stuff.Ī CNC router would be a cool tool, but don't think this one could drill PCBs. Did learn that it's good for woodcarving, but much of the other stuff it's suppose to do is better done with other tools. Think I'l wait a while and see where it goes.ĭid some more searching on the web, and read some comments on the CNC forum. Kind killed my enthusiasm, seems like it works great for some, others had problems straight out of the box, or before their first board was finished. Kind of wanted to see some customer reviews, but wasn't any, least not without doing some searching through the website. Went to the Sears website and read the advertisement, watch the video, sound like a truely awesome tool. Building one is beyond my skills (weak fabrication skills). I've been wanting one for years, but prices starting around $3,000 is a little much for a toy. While surfing the net for stepper motor drive schemes for microcontrollers, saw a review of this CNC router for under $1700.00, which got me a little excited.
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