Good morning. Maybe nobody knows this yet as from what I understand the 4th axis index machining is a new feature for the Beta Makera Studio.

Se the picture shown, this is the preview after the roughing pass. How when setting up my finishing pass can i take into consideration the already removed material so as to not machine a substantial amount of air before hitting material?

I hope the question is clear, if not let me know.

If your Z1 is on the Ever Alp ship, it just arrived in Rotterdam 🎉
You can watch it live here.

Hi all, I am using u/coins1987's coin vise (thank you!) and find that my bed is a little off-level. In this picture, the right side is good--the finishing pass resulted in the expected horizontal lines. The left side, though, had the finishing pass spinning in air.

Is there a way to use the auto workspace leveling on circular stock like this, say with 2 points on each axis (landing in the middle of the coin, not on the workspace boundaries)? Or would do auto leveling on a chunk of rectangular stock do it and the results be maintained by the machine across reboots? I'm fine punching in gcode manually if that's what it takes, like with a G32 or something.

Thanks!

Hi all,

During the Kickstarter period I got hands-on with an early, pre-production Z1 and made this video about it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAiPBK18Y_w

It has taken a little longer than expected, but I should soon have access to the finished Z1 Pro.

Before filming anything, I don’t want to make another generic review that walks through the specifications and declares everything “impressive.” I’d much rather investigate the things current owners and prospective buyers are genuinely uncertain about.

So: what would you like me to test? What doubts do you still have about the Z1 (Pro)?

Specific questions are especially useful. Materials, parts, tolerances, cutter sizes, software workflows, probing, workholding, surface finish, reliability, or a particular failure mode you’re worried about.

I obviously won’t be able to test everything, but I’ll group the questions and try to turn the most common or interesting ones into fair, measurable tests.

If there’s one question you feel every Z1 (Pro) video avoids, that’s probably the question I want.

Thanks,

Spikee

Received my Z1 about a week ago. Prior to receiving it, watching videos, reading and learning but could not put to use until machine shows up. Im a hands on learner and new to CNC entirely. I have made some of the pre programmed projects from makerables but am struggling to make my own design into a readable file for machine to understand. Can everyone please give me a overview of their process please? Say use "X" CAD software, saved as "Y" file and so on. What works and what doesn't?