If you have your Z-Axis set up and the calibration step went well, you shouldn’t have any problems cutting the final sled. I ended up getting a prototype of the new MakerMade sled in the mail, so I used that, and it was so nice to have it all ready to go. I just had
MAKING ALL THE MISTAKES SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO Up until the point of calibration, I had a few misadventures but mostly things went pretty smoothly. This is where it got bumpier. In the online assembly instructions on the Maslow forum, Step 6 was "attach sled to frame" and Step 7 was "calibrate". So I
MAKING ALL THE MISTAKES SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO Adding the Z Axis had its challenges, and reliable Z Axis operation continues to be an issue for many Maslow users. While I was in the thick of setting it up, it felt like I'd never get it to work, but after working through a lot
I've never used a router, so this part was a bit of a challenge. I didn't know how to add the bit, for one thing, and there were a surprising dearth of Youtube videos showing how to do it, at least for this particular router. I watched a lot of reviews of the Ridgid router,
I was a little apprehensive about setting up the electronics for the Maslow. I've been an occasional reader of Make magazine, I'd heard the term Arduino, but I'd never seen one in person. I like to make things, but that's mostly been rough woodworking, fiber related, or graphic design- nothing with electronics or chips of
One of the things that makes the. Maslow CNC so affordable is that each user builds their own frame. Maslow users are tinkerers, and variations on the frame are endless. Two users, dlang and MadGrizzle, did a lot of testing and weeding through ideas and developed the default frame. It’s a great frame to start
After I did the last post, we got a lot of questions about those mysterious little hardware bags. They’re just labeled 1-8, and yes, it can be hard to know what’s what! This is exactly why it’s so great that MakerMade has given me this assignment. I’m seeing everything with the eyes of a novice
Once my kit arrived, the first thing I did was make sure I had all the parts. There's a sheet inside the box with a list, and a link to a great interactive image on the website showing all of the components. It took me a minute to figure out what was what. If you're
Last week we shared a great project from Justin DeBoer of JD Builds. This week he sent us an image of this sweet Cubs Marquee sign he made with his MakerMade CNC Kit. Here’s what he says about the process: This project was inspired after scrolling through the projects section of the Maslow Forums. The
Hi, I'm Rachel! I joined the MakerMade team about a month ago as a designer. I quickly decided that to turn out great, user friendly designs, I'd need to learn more about how the MakerMade CNC Kit works. I talked it over with the MakerMade team and they agreed that it would be awesome if
