ShopBot Manual

Introduction

This is an introduction to the NYC Resistor ShopBot. It's meant to include quick links to useful information, instructions on what goes where and how, and general procedures for the use of our shopbot. This isn't a training manual. Our shopbot has distance-sensing endstops, yay!

Quick Links

• ShopBot_Operating_Procedure - NYC Resistor's one-page checklist for use while operating the machine.
• ShopBot Users Guide - The Official Shopbot manual
• Vectric Forum - A forum for troubleshooting the VCarve Pro Software

Toolspace and Startup Procedures

The Shopbot Computer

The Shopbot Wrenches

The Shopbot milling bits

The Shopbot is the gigantic CNC machine in the center of ToolTown. You can't miss it!

But there are associated tools and parts that might not be obvious:

• There is a command and control table specifically designated for the ShopBot computer to the right of the machine. On it, you'll find the laptop for the ShopBot as well as the wrenches for installing and deinstalling the mills and bits. Mills and other parts can also be found there.

• Please don't put anything else on this table. For other ToolTown projects, use other parts of ToolTown.

• The software for running the Shopbot is called Vcarve. It's not very good software.

• Once you've opened Vcarve and loaded your files and set the toolpaths, make sure the bed of the shopbot is clean and the spoilboard is unspoiled enough for use.

Online Documentation

• ShopBot Users Guide - The Official Shopbot manual
• ShopBot Control Software Quick Reference Guide
• ShopBot Command Reference Manual - Command Reference for the ShopBot

Control Software and OpenSBP®Language

• VCarve Tutorials
• Mainetenance Documents - Offical ShopBot Maintenance Docs.