I have had my Altmill 4x4 for about a month now and am VERY happy with it AND the support from Sienci. My initial problems with getting my spindle to work was VERY quickly resolved with a support ticket submitted and resolution the following day. One could not ask for better support!
This community and the Facebook group were also quick to suggest resolutions as well - thanks to everyone!
Anyone thinking of purchasing from Sienci - GO FOR IT!
Len
Hi Lenp,
Welcome to the play ground
Have you had any projects come off the machine bed yet?
I’m always curious on what triggered someone to go into cnc in the first place.
I myself was intriged by these machines for a blunt while before I found the machine with the magical specs I had set in my dreams, and never would expect to see irl. (size, versatile, rigid, price point and active users ).
When I knew of the machines sienci was putting out there, I could not not. The only reason I was still stalling, was because it seemed to good to be true.
I didn’t want to be that guy.
It has been both fun and frustration getting things running and still working on getting connected via ethernet - more work on that another day. And, yes, a few projects completed including some hold down devices and a couple of inlays.
Seems like a great community here!
Len
@Lenp Very nicely done, Len. One tip that I can offer is to be mindful of grain direction. (This may well be old news to you.) On your first one, you have the background grain running vertically and the inlay grain running across it. Wood movement may start to open gaps. Nothing is for certain when working with wood, so it may all be fine. It’s simply something to think about for future projects. It would be a real shame to spoil your excellent work.
That’s a good tip on the wood grain and something I haven’t considered when doing inlays. All of the ones I can remember had the grain going the same way but that was due to the shape of the stock not any insight into how it might age.
Thanks Grant!
Thanks for the reminder - that one was a test using a 30 degree V-bit and the insert stock was a piece of scrap that I paid little attention to when placing it on the mill. My first attempt with a 30 degree bit - usually use a 60. I like the 30 much better.
Len
