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RE: Onefinity CNC - Juss1 - 08-10-2021 (01-27-2021, 07:08 AM)gad5264 Wrote: Brent, Care to share your experience with the onefinity? Is it relatively maintenance free or does it take a lot of constant adjusting? How do you find the Makita router? Lacking in power? RE: Onefinity CNC - MKepke - 08-11-2021 (08-10-2021, 08:39 PM)Juss1 Wrote: Care to share your experience with the onefinity? Is it relatively maintenance free or does it take a lot of constant adjusting? How do you find the Makita router? Lacking in power?Speaking as a 1F owner since Feb of this year: my machine hasn’t needed anything other than tightening one dust fitting that came loose. Hobby use only tho. Power-wise. I think it depends on your expectations. If your were into production cutting of parts you’d want something more powerful. 1F has an 80mm mount available now so you could go with a 2.2kW spindle if you want. -Mark RE: Onefinity CNC - APZ - 02-18-2022 Just ordered a Onefinity Journeyman today and was hoping for some feedback. How important is an enclosure for dust and sound? I'll be using my 1hp Grizzly dust collector and a Makita router. The CNC will be in the part of the basement where the washer and dryer are located directly below my living room and I would like to avoid making the Misses unhappy. Regarding bits; does this seem like a good starter set? I think I'd add a spoilboard surfacing bit as well. For software I'm familiar with Fusion 360 from using it with my 3D printer. Any downside to continue to use that; or are vCarve or CarveCo Maker worth switching to? I ordered the CNC, dust collection attachment and touchprobe. Looks like I'll have 3-4 months before delivery to slowly get the rest of what I need so the overall cost isn't as painful. It also gives me time to make room for it and build a stand. RE: Onefinity CNC - BrentDH - 02-18-2022 I have had my Onefinity for close to a year now. It sees occasional use. I am not in the shop everyday. Usually just weekends and not all of my time is spent on the cnc. I say all that just to let you know I am not a "power user". I intended to build an enclosure but have not done it yet. I am actually starting to second guess that decision. I am finding that access all the way around the machine is very handy for getting all the various hold downs in place. I have t-tracks running front to back and there are times I want to put a bolt in from the back side and I think an enclosure would complicate that. I have not given up fully on the idea of an enclosure but am not in any rush to get it done. The machine and a router are no more noisy than everything else you do in your shop. I am using a shop vac with a dust deputy rather than a dust collector. You might find that running the dust collector for this is overkill and you may have some jobs that run for quite a while. You may not want to pay for the electricity to run the 1HP motor that whole time. The suckit dust boot does a very good job of collecting the dust so if you do build an enclosure I would do it for sound much more than for dust containment. That set of bits and the waste board surfacer looks like a very good start. I have not needed anything that I didn't see in that picture. I primarily use the 1/8", 1/4" and the 60degree v-bit. I have not done a lot of 2.5d carving that would use those ball tip bits, but what is there should cover all your starting projects. For starters you might consider a couple cheaper 1/8 bits until you get the hang of it. I have run one into a screw I was using to hold down the work material and the bit didn't survive. I bought vcarve pro based on advice from a friend. I have no experience with Fusion360 so cannot comment on which is better. RE: Onefinity CNC - APZ - 02-18-2022 Appreciate the info Brent. I won't be using it daily either; maybe when I retire in a few years. RE: Onefinity CNC - jeffss - 02-18-2022 Mine is ordered. Lots of time to set up shop. I thought I had a big shop, but trying to figure out where to drop the this beast is driving me nuts. Looks like the down draft table is coming down. Went with the Carveco Plus software to get the full cutting area usage. They have some good info on line. RE: Onefinity CNC - jteneyck - 02-18-2022 After 9 weeks and 1 day, but who's counting?, my 1F Journeyman shipped today. Your wait should be similar as they seem to be catching up. I have no plans to put a dust/sound enclosure over it. I want access and, as said, it will be no more noisy than all the other machines I run in my basement shop. No DC for me, either. I'm going to try a Dust Deputy with a shop vac. If/when I upgrade to a spindle, then I'll reevaluate using a DC. If you already know how to use Fusion 360 I think you should stick with it. Plenty of people use it with their 1F. I went with VCarve Pro and feed it drawings from SketchUp. John |