# New to the Long Mill and to the group

**URL:** <https://forum.sienci.com/t/new-to-the-long-mill-and-to-the-group/6413>\
**Category:** 🌎 Community\
**Created:** [August 2, 2022, 5:10pm UTC](https://forum.sienci.com/t/new-to-the-long-mill-and-to-the-group/6413 "2022-08-02T17:10:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![alanan](https://forum.sienci.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/a87d85/32.png) [@alanan](https://forum.sienci.com/u/alanan)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2022, 5:10pm UTC](https://forum.sienci.com/t/new-to-the-long-mill-and-to-the-group/6413/1 "2022-08-02T17:10:10Z")

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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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**Author:** ![\_Michael](https://forum.sienci.com/user_avatar/forum.sienci.com/_michael/32/2962_2.png) [@\_Michael](https://forum.sienci.com/u/_Michael)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2022, 9:02pm UTC](https://forum.sienci.com/t/new-to-the-long-mill-and-to-the-group/6413/2 "2022-08-02T21:02:51Z")

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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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**Author:** ![Jake](https://forum.sienci.com/user_avatar/forum.sienci.com/jake/32/2491_2.png) [@Jake](https://forum.sienci.com/u/Jake)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2022, 1:12pm UTC](https://forum.sienci.com/t/new-to-the-long-mill-and-to-the-group/6413/3 "2022-08-03T13:12:04Z")

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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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**Author:** ![alanan](https://forum.sienci.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/a87d85/32.png) [@alanan](https://forum.sienci.com/u/alanan)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2022, 5:12pm UTC](https://forum.sienci.com/t/new-to-the-long-mill-and-to-the-group/6413/4 "2022-08-03T17:12:20Z")

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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.

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**Author:** ![gwilki](https://forum.sienci.com/user_avatar/forum.sienci.com/gwilki/32/366_2.png) [@gwilki](https://forum.sienci.com/u/gwilki)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2026, 2:39pm UTC](https://forum.sienci.com/t/new-to-the-long-mill-and-to-the-group/6413/5 "2026-05-28T14:39:36Z")

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