ShopBot 4x4

IMPORTANT LINKS



SHOPBOT CONTACT INFO


ShopBot Tools, Inc

www.ShopBotTools.com

3333B Industrial Drive, Durham NC 27704

919-680-4800

support@shopbottools.com

Talk ShopBot Forum (for help and advice on CNC projects)

www.TalkShopBot.com/forum


DETAILS

COMMUNICATIONS WITH SHOPBOT


---------- Forwarded message ---------

From: Sallye Coyle <sallye@shopbottools.com>

Date: Sat, Jan 20, 2024 at 9:37 AM

Subject: FW: Robot Garden makerspace

To: ShopBot Support <support@shopbottools.com>

Cc: Tom Manger <tmanger1@gmail.com>



Tom

 

Thank you for the conversation yesterday.

 

Support…I spoke with Tom yesterday.  He has been gifted a ShopBot and called for power specs and will need tooling, etc.  See also photo below.

 

Tom…if you told me who was doing the gifting, I wrote it on a piece of paper that has gone missing for the moment.  If you know the name, we can look up the records in our files to see what we know.  I see a Manufactory sticker on the side of the gantry in one photo, but there is no name like that in our current bookkeeping system. 

 

From the photographs, the ShopBot is a standard model, not an alpha model. https://www.shopbottools.com/products/standard  The Control Box is longer and narrower rather than more rectangular.  The smaller size of the VFD makes it appear to be a 3 Phase VFD, not a single phase.  The working area of the machine is 4’ x 4’, the footprint would be closer to 6’ along the rails x ~6.5’ along the gantry.  

 

These are the electrical specs for the standard models of ShopBot.  https://www.shopbottools.com/ShopBotDocs/files/wiring/005340_r1.pdf  It is a single 220 line that is brought into the Control Box, then split to power the Control Box, and the spindle.  The power cord  from the VFD is fed into the Control Box, and a relay inside the Control Box allows the software to turn the spindle on and off as needed. 

 

I’m including support in this so that they can see where to go with a VFD that is configured for 3 Phase rather than the single phase that you have.  The Control Box itself can be set up either way, so that it not a problem.  I’m guessing that it is a 2.2HP spindle because that would be the less expensive version of the available spindles.  From the gantry, it is a machine built in late 2017 or later. 

 

ShopBot does not have a version of the Auotmatic Tool Changer (ATC) that is a standard control box rather than an alpha control box. So, this is a manual tool change, as are most ShopBots.  Easier to set up, no need of a compressor to run the pneumatics for the ATC, no need to teach users of the Maker Space the added layer of tech needed to keep an ATC happy. 

 

That RBK Control box is very stable.  It’s a good machine. And, the price is right, so I’d go with it. 

 

Am I seeing that there is a support board and sacrificial board on the table?  2 layers.  What about dust collection?

 

If you have no bits or collets, you will need new ER 25 collets for the spindle, and bits.  You might want to start with a “starter bit kit” and some replacement bits. I can help with that  once I know what you can find, and what your clients might want to make. 

 

I would also suggest going to the SB website >Support Resources>Documentation>Gantry Tools>Most Popular Documents and Download the CNC Handbook.  The digital copy will have lots of information.  If you would like a printed copy including  laminated cheat sheets to keep by the machine for Maker Space customers, you can order one for $75. 

 

My cell is 919 906 7228.  

 

Thank you, 

 

Sallye

 

 

Sallye Coyle, Ph.D.

Director of Community Outreach

ShopBot Tools, Inc

Sallye@shopbottools.com

919 906-7228 (cell)

919 680-4800 (ShopBot office)


DONATION INFO


This ShopBot and the Bel-O-Vac were obtained as donations through LiquiDonate.org. Tom subscribes to their service and immediately responded to the email notice when these devices were first offered. The donation info is as follows:


EBB Carbon

865 Hinckley Road, Burlingame, CA, US , 94010-1502

Jan - 510-847-0538

Jan is Leighland's supervisor

Alec Irion - alec@liquidonate.org

Peter Harten - peter@liquidonate.org


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