{"id":370,"date":"2016-11-28T22:18:07","date_gmt":"2016-11-28T22:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kentechinc.com\/kipware_blog\/?p=370"},"modified":"2016-11-28T22:18:07","modified_gmt":"2016-11-28T22:18:07","slug":"building-the-x-carve-for-karv-woodworking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kentechinc.com\/kipware_blog\/building-the-x-carve-for-karv-woodworking\/","title":{"rendered":"Building the X-CARVE for K\u00c4RV Woodworking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As mentioned in our previous post &#8230; we are in the process of creating and setting up a sister company to Kentech Inc. &#8230; called K\u00c4RV.<\/p>\n<p>K\u00c4RV will allow us to take our metalworking talents &#8230; along with the Kipware\u00ae software we designed and built at Kentech &#8230; to the woodworking stage as we create custom, handmade furniture and unique wood carvings and introduce them to the K\u00c4RV product line.<\/p>\n<p>We will be using our quoting and estimating software to help determine pricing &#8230; and our conversational CNC programming software to help create G code programs for our X-CARVE CNC router.<\/p>\n<p>And all along the way &#8230; we will be blogging about it all here. So we invite you to visit often and see Kipware\u00ae in action &#8230; and maybe even discover some\u00a0K\u00c4RV products that you might like to own !!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>We began back on\u00a0October 22 by\u00a0registering K\u00c4RV as a business in our city &#8230; started setting up our workshop &#8230;\u00a0ordered our X-CARVE &#8230; and now we have completed the build and test cut for the X-CARVE.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-343\" src=\"http:\/\/kentechinc.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161102_114331.jpg\" alt=\"20161102_114331\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We waited for a little over (3) weeks to receive the X-CARVE &#8230; which seemed like an eternity &#8230; after we placed the order. That was a little disappointing.\u00a0Of course the X-CARVE came un-assembled &#8230; and in many many pieces. But the good new was the step-by-step instructions available from INVENTABLES &#8230; the creators of the X-CARVE were just fabulous. Very in-depth &#8230; easy to follow &#8230; and coupled with some patience we went from box to completed assembly in about 24 total hours. One\u00a0not-so-nice event was that while we were able to build the complete machine &#8230; the controller was back-ordered. So the completed machine sat and waited for almost 1 week while we waited for the controller. Finally we had to make a few calls to INVENTABLES to gently nudge them and we received the controller &#8230; and set out to test carve.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-344\" src=\"http:\/\/kentechinc.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/20161115_185658.jpg\" alt=\"20161115_185658\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>We decided to program some simple lettering for our test cut &#8230; and make a little sign for the workshop. We used Vectric VCARVE software which we bought from INVENTABLES when we purchased our X-CARVE. The software appears to be quite powerful and it was real easy to create our desired toolpath.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-346\" src=\"http:\/\/kentechinc.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/image_list.gif\" alt=\"image_list\" width=\"761\" height=\"577\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We cut the letters reversed &#8230; leaving .010 of material on the back edge just to hold everything together. Then we glued the letters to a backing piece of wood &#8230; turned the whole assemble over and sanded off the .010 of material to reveal the letters. Not bad for a first sample.<\/p>\n<p>So now we are ready to move onto bigger and better things !!<br \/>\nStay tuned &#8230; or visit us at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.karvwoodworking.com\">www.KarvWoodworking.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kenney Skonieczny &#8211; President<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kentechinc.com\">Kentech Inc.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As mentioned in our previous post &#8230; we are in the process of creating and setting up a sister company to Kentech Inc. &#8230; called K\u00c4RV. 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