New to the Long Mill and to the group

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I just bought a used Long Mill version 1 and got it set up in my woodworking shop.

I live near Smith Falls Ontario.

I have some experience on a Laguna CNC lathe, on a Biesse CNC router and on a couple of grbl hobby CNC routers… I bought the Long Mill on the advice of a co-worker who is the moderator on this forum

I have much to learn, but have been able to get the Long Mill running successfully using VCarvePro as the CAD/CAM application and gSender has the machine interface. As I already had a laser module, I am using Ligbt Burn to run it.

I believe that this group will help me in my learning journey. With time, I should be able to contribute.

Al

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Welcome to the group! I hope you enjoy your LongMill. Sounds like your on the right track software wise. I think Lightburn is better for the laser and VCarve is great for the carving.

Again welcome, and I can’t wait to see what you build!

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Hello! @alanan And welcome to the forum! Lots of good folks here for sure! This forum is one of the main reasons I purchased my MK2. Can’t wait to see what you design and carve.

Once again, welcome for the cornfields of Iowa!

Jake

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Tks much for the welcomes and the thumbs up.

It will be a while until I have something to show. First order of business is fitting a dust shoe. I have the newest from Sienci, but I am not overly impressed by how well it “sucks” and I really don’t want to lose all that X travel. Gwilki has a few designs that he has played with and I can poach them. Today, I am playing with making the brackets to fit one of them.