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=====Shapeoko=====

^Name| Shapeoko|
^Owner | Sam Harmon |
^Location | Electronics |
^Training needed| yes |
^Hackable| no|
^Model| Shapeoko 1|
^Serial| N/A|
^Arrival Date| 2015|
^Working| yes|
^Contact| Sam Harmon|

Current Status: Taken home (too loud to use in the current environment)

In 2013, Sam purchased a Shapeoko kit. Made good progress at first, and then it languished in his garage for a few years.

In December 2015, he took it to the space in hopes it would get finished there. It's making progress already :-)

Electronics: Arduino Uno with gShield. Computer is a BeagleBone Black.

Software: We are now using bCNC as the Gcode sender. It also has some CAM functionality.

Another option for design/Gcode generation is Inventables' [[http://easel.inventables.com|Easel]] software, which is made (partially) with the Shapeoko in mind. Design your part, export the Gcode, and load it into bCNC. Just tell it you're using a Shapeoko 1, and keep your design to about 6" (160-ish mm) square.

===To-Do List===
  *Electronics needs to be better organized in a box with bulkhead connectors, etc.
  *Base: Drill holes in base to mount to whatever bench it will sit on 
  *Calibration: (1/17/17- X&Y were determined to be out of whack. Ran a 50mm square job and found it produced a 45-ish mm square. Read more documentation and found steps/mm for MXL belts should be 43.74 vs. the 40 it was set to. 50mm square carved correctly on the second run) X&Y good. Z TBD- need to design a job to mill out pockets of particular depths and check with a depth gauge. Also tricky to quantify since current workholding uses fairly spongy double-sided tape. 
  *Workholding- refer to [[http://www.shapeoko.com/wiki/index.php/Workholding|Shapeoko's wiki]] for more information/ideas- looking at  1/2" thick spoilboard with lots of threaded inserts at the moment.
  *Limit Switches: Use mechanical switches for X-/X+/Y-/Y+/Z+. Maybe build/buy a touch plate setup for Z-? Printed the base of a touch plate, and Steve will cut out a brass disc for it on his CNC router. (X- & Y- switches are installed on 3D printed mounts. Additional T-nuts are needed to install X+ & Y+ switches.)

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