Shapeoko Pro Testing at 300 IPM & Updated Climbing Hold

Hello everyone!

For this video I spent the better part of a day making test cuts to develop a new cut recipe for my new 3/8" carbide tooling. In my haste I managed to crash not once but twice. No injuries or expensive things were broken but I definitely learned two valuable lessons.

1. Don't have ass your programming especially when you're running fast. I have been doing quick and simple programming up until this point and today it bit me in the part and the ass.

2. Don't operate heavy machinery when drowsy. At the end of the testing is when I made the climbing hold and I was too tired to be alert and hit the E-stop when I should have. I should have walked away, gotten a drink of water, rested my eyes, something. Be smarter than me and only push go when you are alert enough to push stop.

All in all I hit a new record speed for cutting on the machine at 300 ipm, 1.5" DOC, and .05" WOC. All in all I'm quite excited my this prospect and plan on using this tooling for the climbing holds going forward to knock them out nice and quick. Thanks for watching!

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My name is Austin and I’ve always enjoyed building things. My childhood Christmas stockings were filled with bulk supplies of scotch tape so I didn’t use up all of my moms as I made various paper lightsabers and more. The things I wanted to build grew to be too complex for scotch tape and trial and error so I decided to study Mechanical Engineering to better understand how to make things. I specialized in mechatronics and manufacturing and I’m now about ready to graduate so I’m putting my education to work by building all the projects I haven’t had the time to do while in school. From climbing holds to signs and many other projects, I’m going to bring you along the journey through each build, and show you how I go about making everything I want to make. I hope it inspires you to get out there and build things and gives you a chuckle or two along the way. Thanks for watching!

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Equipment:
CNC Machine: Carbide 3D - Shapeoko Pro XXL

Tooling:
Roughing ⅜ Coated Carbide Endmill: https://www.lakeshorecarbide.com/38lo...

⅜ Coated Carbide Ball Endmill:
https://www.lakeshorecarbide.com/38ro...

Coated Carbide Single Flute Aluminum Cutter ¼” Amana Tool:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07...


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