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I've got some of those from a mixed bargain pack. I wondered what the wings are for!

This isn't strictly true. I'm just getting to grips with the Woodpecker 3018 I bought a few years ago. Engraved and made cutouts in an acrylic panel as my first job. Ok I got the whole thing mirrored, good job I used scrap for my first try! I wouldn't call it feeble. Get one of the slightly...

I paid 30-odd quid for one very similar looking a few years ago - Sealey. Made my world a whole lot better :) Lucky you!

Didn't they used to use coppiced wood for these? In which case you might find an old copse, or a tree that has been cut and then regrown. Still leaves the seat though. You gonna use a pole lathe, for extra authenticity? :)

In about 1985 I was shown how to use CNC as part of an engineering course. BBC micro ran a desktop lathe - we made a chess pawn I think. Pretty sure we had to enter the gcode directly via the keyboard! So we learnt how it's all coordinates. Never touched it since until now. Thanks for the...

Bcnc has all that, I think it does everything. What I hadn't realised is that the DXF file doesn't contain any actual cutting information - because it was generated by a program which is essentially an order generator for a commercial CNC company, I had assumed it would contain everything. But...

Ah, found what I'm supposed to do. There is a "cut" section that lets you set up the options for each cut. So I don't need to edit every block.. phew!

Yes, we have got into very bad habits at my house! That would explain everything though. I just assumed the dxf file would include the cut depths, I ddn't realise it's just a 2d format. Don't worry, it's got piece of ply on there! Just had a quick look at it vcarve - same result, nothing showing...

I think I've figured it out! Nothing to do with z0 being in the wrong place. It seems bcnc doesn't correctly insert cutting depth when importing .dxf files. Anyway I know what to edit now, I can add the depths in manually. Thanks for the help! :)

Ooh, I don't know. I with have to check these things!

Bcnc (which actually writes to the CNC machine and provides gcode editing) gives previews from various x/y/z and iso angles. But it's quite clearly going between the safe height and surface. There's no difference in depth between a shallow engraving and a hole. I'll see if I can try those other...

I'm lining up my first ever couple of projects (well, parts of the same project) to cut on a very cheap "Woodpecker" engraver. One of the files is converted from .DXF created in a cad program (front panel designer) to g-code by importing into bcnc. All of the z movements are going from z3 to z0...

That's what the 10% +2 is for (actually 10% +1.9 for practical purposes - be careful!). I think they give you a "credit" of 10% +1, and "penalise" the camera by -1. It's not mandatory though, the local authority can choose not to apply it. Hence your guy who was doing 42, Cordy. I seem to get...

I now have a pencil in every room! So when I lose one, I can find another out of the losing zone. I like the flat ones, sharpen them with a Stanley knife. I like mechanical pencils for drawing. Tried marking with one once, never again. Maybe I'm too clumsy. I like conventional pencils for...

2 part filler? Like the stuff for car bodies?

Yes, I had a go with one many years ago, trying out for a job welding truck bodies (got the job, then promptly lost it due to my dislike of going up an unsafe ladder over a concrete pit...). Very nice to use once I got past the alien-feeling trigger squeezing.

Not off topic really - flux cored is "gasless MIG" AFAIK. I've ummed and ahhed at the Parkside ones a few times when they've had them in.

Who knows. When the Parkside welder works properly, I get good welds. Or good looking ones anyway. I think they could be weak underneath though. I still think it's under-powered however. I'm using rods I got from a welding supplies supplier, 3 or 4 sizes I think.

My mum has teeny tiny over ear ones, and she's wanting to swap them for bigger ones because she keeps losing them! Practical to the core... WRT the TV volume going up and down a lot, I struggle with this too - the dialogue is too quiet and the music is too loud. Smart TVs apparently have a...

Interesting, thanks. I learnt to weld using big industrial units. Sooooo easy! Subsequent use of somebody's portable welder also gave me no problems. I'm obviously spoilt...