r/Makera

Does anyone have any ideas of what I can do to fix this toolpath origin offset issue?

I have a makera air.

The toolpaths are generated on fusion 360, or llightburn.

When I export the toolpath it is at 0x and 0y.

After importing the toolpath tends to be -40mm x and y outside of the bed space.

I usually need to start by fixing the offset and then refining it by 0.5-1mm increments to make sure its properly against anchor point one.

If I need to make slight adjustments and rerun a toolpath, it may not cut in the same place.

Due in Los Angeles the first week in June. No idea of the time frame after that. My thought is the units might be delivered near the end of June.

I have a small workbench in my shed that I use for my 3D printer and am considering buying a second one for my Z1 Pro that's on the way soon (hopefully). The bench has hollow stainless steel legs and frame, with the counter top being 15mm thick wood (some kind of compressed fibreboard I'd guess) that's wrapped in a 0.8mm thick sheet of stainless steel. It's about 1.2m wide and 70cm deep and probably weighs 15kg total. It's in a resin/plastic shed that's sitting directly on a poured concrete floor.

While this is perfectly stable and fine for my resin printer etc. and is apparently rated for 200kg of weight, I'm wondering if it will be stable enough for the Z1 Pro? I think I remember the Z1 weight being listed as 40kg somewhere but I'm wondering about shaking when it's in operation. The current bench seems pretty stable and doesn't wobble, certainly not easily, and is definitely more stable and robust than an office desk. However, I'm curious what experienced desktop CNC users think about this. Thanks.

After years of only working with 3D printers, I finally decided to jump into CNC and backed the Makera Z1 Pro (#97XX).

What really convinced me wasn’t raw power or industrial specs, but the idea of making CNC more approachable for makers coming from the 3D printing world.

My main goals are:

• PCB prototyping
• aluminum parts for robotics projects
• laser engraving
• integrating CNC into my existing maker workflow

I just published the first video documenting why I decided to take this step and what I hope to build with it over the next months.

This is NOT a review (I’m still waiting for my Pro unit), but the beginning of a real CNC journey from a maker perspective.

I’d genuinely love to hear from people already inside the CNC world:
What do you think is the biggest challenge for someone transitioning from 3D printing to CNC?

(Video link in comments)

As the Makera Z1 pre-orders will go live in June on their website I have a question about the Kickstarter orders.

The website say the first 300 order will be shipped Mid July.

Does this mean all Kickstarter orders will be shipped before then. As backer number 9500ish i know I'm at the back of the KS line but hopefully I will get mine before the "open" market???

I'm just getting started with CNC milling, and I am having trouble with prepping my stock. I have a chunk of aluminum that I use the band saw or chop saw to rough cut to size, but this usually leaves me with two unfinished/rough sides.

On a normal mill I would clamp the piece from the flat sides and run a fly cutter over it to make the top (rough) side flat, then flip it over and do the same to end up with a perfectly square piece with clean, flat sides.

But on the CNC, these aren't standard operations that I can do right out of the box.

How should I go about prepping my pieces of material and getting them square and the right size for CNC milling?