Shapeoko2

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General

Owner/Loaner: LVL1 Serial Number: Make/Model: Inventables Shapeoko2 Arrival Date: 8/22/2014 Usability: Yes Contact: Where: Wood Shop

About

The Shapeoko 2 [1] is a light weight belt driven 3 axis CNC capable of routing wood, foam, plastic, soft nonferrous metals, and circuit boards. Possible projects are shown, but not limited, to some samples here [2]. As of now the main tool used to cut is a manual set multispeed generic dremel.

Electronics:

-Arduino Uno

-GRBL gShield

-24V, 2A Power Supply

-58 oz-in stepper motors, 12V

Possible Future Upgrades

A few upgrades that could make our Shapeoko 2 better are:

-Quiet cut spindle[3]

-Threaded inserts[4]

-Vacuum attachment[5]