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Post by Deleted on Mar 3, 2013 17:58:11 GMT -8
Hi all, just wanted to pass along that while my machine has been down I decided to give it a thorough cleaning. When I took the back cover off the gantry (where all the brains are) I discovered that all the boards were cover in fine powder dust, which caught me by surprise because I had thought that area was sealed up fairly well. Blew it all off with air and sparkly clean. I think that potentially the dust could become conductive from humidity and start causing problems in the circuitry so if you haven't already done so you might want to check it out.
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Post by dick on Apr 19, 2013 18:19:54 GMT -8
where is this located
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Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2013 16:15:37 GMT -8
It is the black plastic cover where the power cord goes into the machine, this is on the 1013 model. Held on by 6 screws and is where all the circuit boards are.
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Post by Greg on Apr 22, 2013 10:05:40 GMT -8
I went to take mine off for inspection and found a sticker that voids the warranty does anyone know how long thee warranty is? I think the fan directly over the cut area is blowing in and that will suck dust into the area I may turn mine around so it gets air from the side.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2013 12:55:34 GMT -8
Mine had no such sticker on it, but I can tell you that there was so much dust in there it was not possible to see the actual circuit board surfaces, coated with as much as 1/4" of very fine powder like dust.
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Post by Greg on Apr 22, 2013 19:21:47 GMT -8
Just a thought do you have a cover on your machine?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2013 4:00:25 GMT -8
No I don't have a cover on mine. I generally clean off the machine after every carve just to try and keep the dust down. Will have to check the fan on mine, but I'm thinking it blows outward to remove heat from inside.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2013 4:04:04 GMT -8
The warranty as posted on Oliver website is: Motors and electronics 1 year, all other parts 2 years.
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Post by FatPoppy on Oct 28, 2017 9:01:00 GMT -8
A few months ago my sons gave me a 3D Printer as a gift. I have been playing/learning it. On my 40-913 I only had a dangling hose with a elbow in front of my bit for a dust vacuuming system. Trying to improve things, this is where I'm at now. (Have not tried it out yet!)
  
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2017 17:47:08 GMT -8
I've thought about buying the dust collection kit for the 1013, it's only $75 on ebay. My thought (weak as it is) is that the 1013 is now 4 years old and likely to break sooner or later to the point where it doesn't pay to fix. I'm looking at the 2015 Iconic as a replacement, but won't make any move till my 1013 dies. Luckily, it appears to have a lot of life left in it. I have a ceiling mounted dust collection device which works well enough, and I regularly use a shopvac to collect dust while the piece is carving. I applaud your ingenuity!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2017 0:48:09 GMT -8
Your dust collection boot looks good, nice work with the 3d printer project and it would interesting to find out how well it works for you.
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Post by FatPoppy on Oct 30, 2017 9:21:41 GMT -8
Thanks Guys, the nozzle seems to be working O.K. this morning. It sure made it hard to hit the center mark on start-up. I'm trying something new for me on these signs, color on color. The red one I did a couple of days ago using a ball nose bit. I'm using a end mill on this blue one. I have never used the end mill but one other time, think that it will work for this, we'll see.
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Oops.....had a video but I don't know how to load it!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 1, 2017 5:44:52 GMT -8
I've never used an end mill, be interested in how you like the results.
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Post by FatPoppy on Nov 2, 2017 8:01:57 GMT -8
I've never used an end mill, be interested in how you like the results.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2017 16:25:11 GMT -8
Not sure I understand "vinyl paint mask". Did you paint red over a white piece of vinyl, or did you glue a red on top of a white piece? Love the sharpness of the red on, on the blue it looks like you had a problem in the z mode over the "of the" segment.
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