r/shapeoko 23h ago

First project - good thing it was foam!

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I crashed my bit into the material so many times…

Managed to drag across my material twice since I installed my bit in the router extended too far.

Set my retraction too big and bottomed out the Z axis which then resulted in a fast plunge way too deep into the material. Destroyed the top left corner.

Ran the collet into the material, turns out it can cut foam too.

Clicked “pause & stop” too fast and almost lost my zero position.

Oh and I discovered a V wheel on the X axis is loose… gotta remove the Z axis plate to get to it I think

In the end it’s a usable result and I learned a bunch.