3 days… its been 3 days now that ive been trapped in this… wait wrong story. um 3 days it took me to complete my 1000mm xcarve. i almost had it done one day one with 12 hours strait. i was pretty determined to get up. but thats all i could do. then the next 2 days were work days and i got maybe 6 hours of wiring and nitpicking in total for those 2 days.
so i build drones. and i wanted this to scratch build drone frames out of carbon fiber. but man if a hobbyist cant resist all the other fun things i can do with this puppy.
3d art, game props. sign making. vcarving looks really cool. my friend wants to make a custom guitar.
and maybe i can make some money back to pay for all this with some sellable projects.
id also like to say that the guys on this forum are awesome. i asked several question up to and after my xcarve’s arrival. and my first generated like 6 responses in about 3 hours. very helpful and active community and it felt like a vary warm welcome. alot of other forums told my my projects were bad and or crazy, and i didn’t find that kind of negative criticism here.
and the inventables guys are great to. they do message back in a good timeframe unless you catch them on the weekends. but very helpful.
so i made really only a few minor upgrades, i really dislike the wiring. but of course im picky and i like silicon wire. it the only thing i use on my gear. and im aware that it cost a fortune per meter and i cant find anywhere to buy in bulk.
but honestly the wire was so stiff that it wouldn’t stay in the g-shield. and the power cable. forget it. would not bind with the fan cable. so i replaced shorter lengths with silicon. not that anyone will see it anyways. because i meshed the whole thing. but it was nicer to work with and thats why i have it. and a little soldering helped in places. but i really like the mesh better than the messy wires i was given. this machine looks to nice to have messy wires.
aside from the cheap cabling. my only other gripe is the lack of spare nuts and bolts.these things literally cost like 3-7 cents each. mabye less if you buy a s*** ton at the same time like a company would. ive bought them in bulk before. i d rather pay $2 extra then have the machine held up by one screw in each corner because 4 when missing. which is really, the only mishap that happened. but ill have that fixed soon and m5x8 bolts aren’t that hard to come by
but overall this thing looks great. its running great. the air cuts looked right, and soon i will make my first real cuts, so im really excited
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nice, clean, and neat final product
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pretty beat up and torn. good old postal service couldn’t really care i guess. but no internal damage
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im a really organized. honest but not serous. parts in bags on left. construct and tools every where else
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looks mutch better with cable meshing
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first day completed
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really ocd with cable mesh
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anouther great shot of it completed
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and yes. the back is still a little messy. it wont get seen often. sue me. 
