So we are nearing the time to begin onboarding existing, well qualified Multicam users. What does well qualified mean? This means people who have taken the initiative to learn VCarve 11. It means users who were a power user prior to the great reset. These members could probably have taught the machine given the opportunity. These members have probably ran twenty or more jobs. They most likely own their own tooling, and maybe spoil boards.
Unfortunately, this power user group doesn’t include members who were dog paddling along hoping that they wouldn’t crash the machine. Also, this group doesn’t include people who routinely cut into the spoil boards. If you were a spoil board abuser hold tight, you time is fast approaching. Don’t rush this process, it will cost you real money and might even result in a ban if you destroy the machine bed. The days of harming the machine without consequences are long gone.
If you fit the first group. please reach out via PM. If you are in the second group, please stay patient for the refresh class. We want everyone to be wildly successful moving forward, without them worrying about crashing the machine.
As recently as yesterday we were still discovering issues that could result in a very bad situation. We want to find more of these edge cases to include in the training programs. This is all about helping the general membership learn how to exploit this machine.
As far as slabs go, the current clearance with a 3/4" spoil board is under 3-1/4" total. If you cut thicker slabs or cookies. you might need to employ a different process prior to employing the MultiCam.
Ona side note: If anyone has developed in LUA and has an appetite for more coding abuse, please reach out. We are desiring to create multiple VCarve extensions that will help our membership enjoy machine capabilities that might normally be out of their reach. For those wondering what this means… VCarve uses the LUA language Lua Getting Started as a way to extend the capabilities of VCarve and the MultiCam without people having to design complex CAD-CAM operations. One such operation is being able to cut juice grooves in cutting boards just by entering the size of the board in inches and how far in you want the ring to be from the edge. Another might be the ability to cut a corn hole board without and CAD/CAM. What about a cut to order Easter Bunny, or Santa Clause yard art sign?
Please keep in mind that you should never stack anything in the machine bed. Every scratch or indentation in the bed reduces the vacuum potential in that zone. Feel free to educate others if you see someone using the machine as a table.
Thank you for all of your supportive comments and patience in this matter.
Team Multicam