https://carbide3d.com/blog/ A blog about XYZ 1800 We've seen an uptick in crashes reported in Carbide Motion due to video drivers. In the past, this was due to outdated drivers, but now we're seeing the problem even with up-to-date drivers. The real... https://carbide3d.com/blog/carbide-motion-update/ https://carbide3d.com/blog/carbide-motion-update/ Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Apple has announced that they will be ending support for Intel-based Macs when macOS 27 is released in late 2026. Carbide Create and Carbide Motion are both built for Intel-based Macs, and they use... https://carbide3d.com/blog/intel-osx-support/ https://carbide3d.com/blog/intel-osx-support/ Fri, 06 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 We quietly make changes to the Shapeoko 5 Pro all the time, but most of them are not things that the average user would ever notice. Today, we're ready to share the latest change, which has already... https://carbide3d.com/blog/shapeoko-51-pro/ https://carbide3d.com/blog/shapeoko-51-pro/ Wed, 19 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000 A couple of months ago, we started a thread in the forum asking for everyones number one request for Carbide Create. We knocked out a lot of the low-hanging fruit quickly, but one of them sent us down... https://carbide3d.com/blog/carbide-create-node-editing/ https://carbide3d.com/blog/carbide-create-node-editing/ Sat, 04 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000 We're excited to announce some major updates in the new Carbide Create V8 beta, and we think most users will really enjoy them. When deciding what to add or change, we aim to strike a balance between... https://carbide3d.com/blog/create-v8/ https://carbide3d.com/blog/create-v8/ Mon, 09 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000 For a few years, we've used a service called BugSplat to record crashes of our software under Windows and upload them to us. BugSplat has helped us dramatically reduce the number of bugs in our... https://carbide3d.com/blog/bugsplat/ https://carbide3d.com/blog/bugsplat/ Thu, 01 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000 We'll skip to the punchline here- Norton and McAfee suck. Multiple times per year, they flag our software as having a virus and they've never been correct. We don't have any control over what these... https://carbide3d.com/blog/carbide-create-virus-warning/ https://carbide3d.com/blog/carbide-create-virus-warning/ Wed, 06 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000 We're about to make a big change in Carbide Motion so we wanted to give everyone the biggest heads-up possible. It’s something we’ve had on the drawing board for a long time, but we held off because... https://carbide3d.com/blog/bitsetter-changes-carbide-motion/ https://carbide3d.com/blog/bitsetter-changes-carbide-motion/ Wed, 07 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000 Our PCB troubles a month ago gave us the opportunity to dig into our support process (really, it forced us to), and we found a lot of things that could be improved. The net result is a 2x to 4x... https://carbide3d.com/blog/better-support-reply-times/ https://carbide3d.com/blog/better-support-reply-times/ Thu, 12 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000 We just uploaded a new beta version of Carbide Create, Build 760, with some huge changes for huge files. Before digging too deep, you can download the new version here. If you have any trouble with... https://carbide3d.com/blog/create-big-file-update/ https://carbide3d.com/blog/create-big-file-update/ Mon, 09 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000 So, we had some trouble with Shapeoko 5 Pro PCBs that we hope is behind us. (This is going to get nerdy; I apologize in advance.) In the scope of electronics manufacturing, we're not exactly Apple,... https://carbide3d.com/blog/cold-solder-joints/ https://carbide3d.com/blog/cold-solder-joints/ Mon, 25 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0000 As we've had more and more people upgrade to Carbide Motion V6, we've seen lots of reports of homing problems after upgrading. After spending a lot of time following up on customer support tickets, we... https://carbide3d.com/blog/carbide-motion-homing-problem/ https://carbide3d.com/blog/carbide-motion-homing-problem/ Tue, 12 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0000 We just added a new potential time saver to Carbide Motion based on lots of requests from the community, bounds checking. What is bounds checking? Carbide Motion will now look at the current program... https://carbide3d.com/blog/carbide-motion-bounds-checking/ https://carbide3d.com/blog/carbide-motion-bounds-checking/ Sat, 22 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000 The initial feedback on the new Shapeoko 5 Pro has been overwhelmingly positive and we're excited to open up ordering so we can gather a little more information about what sizes are going to be most... https://carbide3d.com/blog/shapeoko-5-pro-shipping-info/ https://carbide3d.com/blog/shapeoko-5-pro-shipping-info/ Wed, 02 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000 We'd like to announce the latest update to the Shapeoko product line, the Shapeoko 5 Pro. The Shapeoko 5 Pro is a massive upgrade in capability and performance. It is meant to be the last CNC router... https://carbide3d.com/blog/introducing-shapeoko-5-pro/ https://carbide3d.com/blog/introducing-shapeoko-5-pro/ Mon, 31 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000 After weeks of beta testing, we've released Carbide Create V7 with a lot of big changes. The download can be found at: https://carbide3d.com/carbidecreate/download/ for those that want to try it out.... https://carbide3d.com/blog/carbide-create-v7/ https://carbide3d.com/blog/carbide-create-v7/ Wed, 20 Jul 2022 01:10:46 +0000 The data that we've been able to collect from users over the past few months has made something very clear, almost all machine disconnects we see today are caused by static electricity from the vacuum... https://carbide3d.com/blog/dust-collection-disconnects/ https://carbide3d.com/blog/dust-collection-disconnects/ Fri, 20 May 2022 01:10:46 +0000 NOTE: Carbide Create V6 has been replaced by V7. Find out more about Carbide Create V7. After the better part of a year of work, we're ready to call Carbide Create V6 "Done" and encourage... https://carbide3d.com/blog/carbide-create-v6-done/ https://carbide3d.com/blog/carbide-create-v6-done/ Sun, 20 Mar 2022 01:10:46 +0000 NOTE: Carbide Create V6 has been replaced by V7. Find out more about Carbide Create V7. We’ve been working on Carbide Create V6 since June of this year and we’re finally ready to recommend that... https://carbide3d.com/blog/carbide-create-v6-is-almost-ready/ https://carbide3d.com/blog/carbide-create-v6-is-almost-ready/ Mon, 04 Oct 2021 21:55:50 +0000 Here’s a problem we’ve heard from some Shapeoko users: “The Z-axis randomly plunges down at the start of the job and gouges into my stock. What’s up?” We spoke to all of our support people to make... https://carbide3d.com/blog/unexpected-z-axis-plunges/ https://carbide3d.com/blog/unexpected-z-axis-plunges/ Thu, 02 Sep 2021 19:03:51 +0000 Script fonts are always popular for CNC designs. The difficult part of using a script font is that you usually want the letters in the text merged into a single object rather than a separate set of... https://carbide3d.com/blog/merging-script-fonts-in-carbide-create/ https://carbide3d.com/blog/merging-script-fonts-in-carbide-create/ Tue, 31 Aug 2021 21:55:50 +0000 Today we’re opening preorders on our newest CNC router, the Shapeoko HDM, our most capable machine and a machine with a long R&D history at Carbide 3D. A few years ago we bought a Protomax water... https://carbide3d.com/blog/introducing-shapeoko-hdm/ https://carbide3d.com/blog/introducing-shapeoko-hdm/ Mon, 16 Aug 2021 13:44:15 +0000 NOTE: Carbide Create V6 has been replaced by V7. Find out more about Carbide Create V7. Today we're posting the first beta of Carbide Create V6. We have big plans for V6 but we needed to start with... https://carbide3d.com/blog/carbide-create-v6/ https://carbide3d.com/blog/carbide-create-v6/ Fri, 23 Jul 2021 17:10:46 +0000 We just uploaded build 527 of Carbide Create and it contains a lot of changes from the last stable release (520). We already covered the addition of layers in 521 a blog post about it so we'll just go... https://carbide3d.com/blog/carbide-create-527/ https://carbide3d.com/blog/carbide-create-527/ Thu, 27 May 2021 22:32:34 +0000 UPDATE: 5/21 - The rails have arrived and final assembly of Shapeoko Pros is happening right now. We're planning to put Shapeoko Pros in stock on Tuesday morning at 7am PDT. Original Post... To say... https://carbide3d.com/blog/shapeoko-pro-update-may-2021/ https://carbide3d.com/blog/shapeoko-pro-update-may-2021/ Wed, 19 May 2021 17:23:35 +0000 We just uploaded a new release of Carbide Create, build 521, with a big addition- layers!. The Layer window can be activated with the "L" hotkey or from the Edit menu anytime another... https://carbide3d.com/blog/layers-in-carbide-create/ https://carbide3d.com/blog/layers-in-carbide-create/ Tue, 11 May 2021 20:22:38 +0000 We just put our first batch of the new Shapeoko in stock and we wanted to share the plan for today and the next few weeks. We started with a batch of XXL machines, since that’s our most popular size,... https://carbide3d.com/blog/shapeoko-4-is-available/ https://carbide3d.com/blog/shapeoko-4-is-available/ Mon, 03 May 2021 14:07:14 +0000 The old Shapeoko Pro post was getting a little long so we wanted to add a new post to update everyone on the Shapeoko Pro and Shapeoko 4. Shapeoko Pro Shipping Update Over half of the Shapeoko Pro... https://carbide3d.com/blog/shapeoko-pro-and-4-update-3-24-2021/ https://carbide3d.com/blog/shapeoko-pro-and-4-update-3-24-2021/ Wed, 24 Mar 2021 20:30:42 +0000 Like most of our product development, this is not something we planned to do, it just kind of happened… again. We saw the completed Shapeoko Pro and we fell in love. We couldn't unsee it. We wanted... https://carbide3d.com/blog/shapeoko-4/ https://carbide3d.com/blog/shapeoko-4/ Fri, 19 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000 [UPDATES BELOW] We're getting a lot of email and calls about the status of the Shapeoko Pro. If there are that many people reaching out, then we can only imagine that there are many more who want to... https://carbide3d.com/blog/shapeoko-pro-update/ https://carbide3d.com/blog/shapeoko-pro-update/ Fri, 08 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000 If all goes well, we're only a couple of weeks from opening up ordering for the Nomad 3 so it's time to share some specifics. First, let's talk about why we decided to make a new Nomad. Since... https://carbide3d.com/blog/nomad-3-plus-something-else/ https://carbide3d.com/blog/nomad-3-plus-something-else/ Wed, 30 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000 This doesn’t happen very often. We've made a new accessory for the Shapeoko and we've decided to discontinue it. An option to automatically turn the router on and off has been a popular request, so... https://carbide3d.com/blog/bitrunner/ https://carbide3d.com/blog/bitrunner/ Fri, 29 May 2020 00:00:00 +0000 We’d like to announce something totally new for us, and really, new for the industry as a whole – our new 30-Day Mistakes Are On Us policy. It can be a little scary to try something new; trust us,... https://carbide3d.com/blog/mistakes-are-on-us/ https://carbide3d.com/blog/mistakes-are-on-us/ Wed, 20 May 2020 00:00:00 +0000 Today we’re happy to announced that we’re partnered with Mercury One to raise money for the people of Detroit. We’ll be matching donations dollar for dollar today, up to $25,000. Detroit has a lot of... https://carbide3d.com/blog/helping-detroit/ https://carbide3d.com/blog/helping-detroit/ Wed, 22 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0000 Many of you have noticed that the Nomad has been out of stock for a while now and have called or emailed to see what’s going on. So, here’s the deal with the Nomad. Late in 2019 we bought a 5-axis... https://carbide3d.com/blog/nomad-2020/ https://carbide3d.com/blog/nomad-2020/ Mon, 13 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0000 After a few weeks of testing the latest builds of Carbide Create, we're finally ready to move 413, our latest release, from "Beta" to "Stable". This release includes a huge list... https://carbide3d.com/blog/carbide-create-413-released/ https://carbide3d.com/blog/carbide-create-413-released/ Tue, 09 Jul 2019 00:00:00 +0000 I’m Luke, formally known as Mr Beaver, and this is a surreal moment. I’m stoked to be writing my first blog post announcing that I have joined the ranks of the Carbide 3D team! I will be taking the... https://carbide3d.com/blog/luke-from-beaver-cnc-joins-carbide-3d/ https://carbide3d.com/blog/luke-from-beaver-cnc-joins-carbide-3d/ Mon, 10 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0000 This is a tough post to write. In fact, we've been putting off writing this post for quite a while; putting it off for longer than we should have to be honest. We are raising our prices. There, we... https://carbide3d.com/blog/2019-pricing-changes/ https://carbide3d.com/blog/2019-pricing-changes/ Wed, 05 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0000 Build 400 is the first in the series we're calling Carbide Create V4. This is just the start, look for lots of changes in the near future. Download the beta here Build 401 should make it to the... https://carbide3d.com/blog/carbide-create-400/ https://carbide3d.com/blog/carbide-create-400/ Fri, 03 May 2019 00:00:00 +0000 We just posted our newest product, the Carbide Compact Router. This is something we've been working on for a while to eliminate the supply trouble we've had trying to get enough DeWalt and Makita... https://carbide3d.com/blog/the-carbide-compact-router/ https://carbide3d.com/blog/the-carbide-compact-router/ Mon, 18 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0000 We just added a another new couple of features to the beta version of Carbide Create 316, toolpath grouping, and undo for toolpath deletion. The new toolpath groups are an answer for Shapeoko users... https://carbide3d.com/blog/carbide-create-316/ https://carbide3d.com/blog/carbide-create-316/ Fri, 20 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0000 We just added a couple of new features to the beta version of Carbide Create 315, toolpath rendering and dragging and dropping of toolpaths. The new toolpath rendering shows the actual toolpath in... https://carbide3d.com/blog/carbide-create-315/ https://carbide3d.com/blog/carbide-create-315/ Tue, 17 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0000 For the first time in the history of Carbide 3D, we will not have our own booth at Bay Area Maker Faire this weekend. Don't worry though, you still have two ways to see our machines and talk to... https://carbide3d.com/blog/bay-area-maker-faire-2018/ https://carbide3d.com/blog/bay-area-maker-faire-2018/ Thu, 17 May 2018 00:00:00 +0000 One of the most common requests from Carbide 3D customers is a place to download CNC projects. And, although we have been sharing simple projects here and there on our docs site, we wanted to do... https://carbide3d.com/blog/cutrocket-a-cnc-project-sharing-site/ https://carbide3d.com/blog/cutrocket-a-cnc-project-sharing-site/ Fri, 11 May 2018 00:00:00 +0000 We just posted Carbide Create build 311 with the following changes: (FIX) Overlapping vectors in V Carving now work (FIX) Self-intersecting vectors in V Carving now work (FIX) First attempt at... https://carbide3d.com/blog/carbide-create-311/ https://carbide3d.com/blog/carbide-create-311/ Wed, 06 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +0000 We just uploaded a new version of Carbide Create, build 310, with a feature we’ve been planning for a while Texture Toolpaths. Texture Toolpaths create textures on your parts, from simple hatching to... https://carbide3d.com/blog/carbide-create-310/ https://carbide3d.com/blog/carbide-create-310/ Tue, 21 Nov 2017 00:00:00 +0000 We just uploaded a new build of Carbide Create with the following changes: (FIX) Open contour machining working again. (FIX) Bug where retract height didn't respect the zero at the bottom of... https://carbide3d.com/blog/carbide-create-308/ https://carbide3d.com/blog/carbide-create-308/ Wed, 20 Sep 2017 00:00:00 +0000 We just uploaded Carbide Create 307 with a small fix and a small addition. (FIX) SVG no longer respects the "viewbox" parameter. (NEW) Last folder used is now saved. Grab the latest here. https://carbide3d.com/blog/carbide-create-307/ https://carbide3d.com/blog/carbide-create-307/ Wed, 30 Aug 2017 00:00:00 +0000 Two quick Carbide Create updates for the weekend: (FIX) Edit nodes now works for rotated curves / polylines (FIX) Changed #201 and #202 tools to 3 flutes instead of 2 Grabe the latest here https://carbide3d.com/blog/carbide-create-306/ https://carbide3d.com/blog/carbide-create-306/ Fri, 25 Aug 2017 00:00:00 +0000 We just uploaded a bug fix release for Carbide Create, build 305. Here's what we changed: (FIX) Make sure tool path name is saved in all cases. (FIX) Speeds and feeds wrong on loaded files for pocket... https://carbide3d.com/blog/carbide-create-305/ https://carbide3d.com/blog/carbide-create-305/ Fri, 18 Aug 2017 00:00:00 +0000 We just uploaded a new Carbide Create, build 304, with a huge new feature. Here's what we added: (NEW) Added tabs supports for contour toolpaths (NEW) Toolpath parameters now update... https://carbide3d.com/blog/carbide-create-304/ https://carbide3d.com/blog/carbide-create-304/ Wed, 09 Aug 2017 00:00:00 +0000 We just uploaded a new Carbide Create, build 303, that contains mostly bug fixes based on user feedback. Here's what we did: (FIX) Engraving open contours is fixed. (FIX) Tool editing cleaned up... https://carbide3d.com/blog/carbide-create-303/ https://carbide3d.com/blog/carbide-create-303/ Wed, 02 Aug 2017 00:00:00 +0000 We just uploaded Carbide Create 302 with a couple of fixes and a great new feature. Here's what we did: (NEW) Import DXF and SVG files into an existing deisgn. (NEW) Hitting "enter" in a... https://carbide3d.com/blog/carbide-create-302/ https://carbide3d.com/blog/carbide-create-302/ Mon, 31 Jul 2017 00:00:00 +0000 We just posted a minor update to Carbide Create: Better zoom/pan behavior with the scroll wheel. You can pan only by holding down the right mouse button and dragging. Note that you cannot begin a pan... https://carbide3d.com/blog/carbide-create-301/ https://carbide3d.com/blog/carbide-create-301/ Tue, 25 Jul 2017 00:00:00 +0000 We just uploaded Carbide Create Build 289. It includes the following: New Features Mirroring/flipping. Rounded, tee, and dogbone corners for rectangles. Changed Save to separate Save / Save... https://carbide3d.com/blog/carbide-create-build-289/ https://carbide3d.com/blog/carbide-create-build-289/ Mon, 05 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0000 A lot of our customers are engineers, and their overwhelming feedback has been that they want to make PCBs on the Nomad. This was always possible but we didn’t have a recommended workflow or the... https://carbide3d.com/blog/introducing-carbide-copper/ https://carbide3d.com/blog/introducing-carbide-copper/ Thu, 13 Apr 2017 00:00:00 +0000 I went from idea to finished part in about 30 minutes when I made a desk stand for my 7" iPad Pro. A few few months ago I picked up an iPad Pro and since have been slowly integrated the tablet... https://carbide3d.com/blog/make-what-you-need/ https://carbide3d.com/blog/make-what-you-need/ Thu, 16 Mar 2017 00:00:00 +0000 We just uploaded build 407 of the new V4 of Carbide Motion. These are the main changes: Fixed Nomad Classic settings Added new tools Fixed Error 13 for machines with an interlock Changed jog stop to... https://carbide3d.com/blog/carbide-motion-407/ https://carbide3d.com/blog/carbide-motion-407/ Mon, 13 Mar 2017 00:00:00 +0000 We've had Carbide Motion 4 and GRBL 1.1 out for about two weeks now and the feedback has been positive enough that we're recommending it for everyone except those running their machine 24/7 for... https://carbide3d.com/blog/carbide-motion-4-and-grbl-1-dot-1-update/ https://carbide3d.com/blog/carbide-motion-4-and-grbl-1-dot-1-update/ Tue, 28 Feb 2017 00:00:00 +0000 We been tsting GRBL 1.1 and Carbide Motion 4 with a number of people in the forum for the last week and we're feeling good enough about it to open the beta up to a larger group. If you're interested... https://carbide3d.com/blog/carbide-motion-4-beta/ https://carbide3d.com/blog/carbide-motion-4-beta/ Thu, 23 Feb 2017 00:00:00 +0000 A quick update of all that we’ve got going on at Carbide 3d… We Need Help First and foremost, we’re looking for a technical writer. We have all kinds of docs and tutorials that are half-done because... https://carbide3d.com/blog/feb-2017-update/ https://carbide3d.com/blog/feb-2017-update/ Mon, 06 Feb 2017 00:00:00 +0000 It’s time for our somewhat-annual State of Carbide 3D. We’re a small company but at the core we’re product development people so we always have a lot going on. Here’s what we can share: GRBL Two of... https://carbide3d.com/blog/state-of-carbide-3d-2017/ https://carbide3d.com/blog/state-of-carbide-3d-2017/ Mon, 09 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0000 We get a lot of questions about what router to use with the Shapeoko, the DeWalt DWP611 or the Makita RT0701C. We've been meaning to do a deatiled writeup for a while but it looks like we can cross it... https://carbide3d.com/blog/dewalt-vs-makita/ https://carbide3d.com/blog/dewalt-vs-makita/ Fri, 02 Dec 2016 00:00:00 +0000 Yesterday we uploaded Carbide Motion 366 to fix reports of “Cutter Stopped Responding” messages. This should almost never happen “in real life” but it’s happening anyway. From what we can tell, it... https://carbide3d.com/blog/carbide-motion-366/ https://carbide3d.com/blog/carbide-motion-366/ Thu, 03 Nov 2016 00:00:00 +0000 As many of you know, our machines are based on the fantastic GRBL machine controller, which is open source and available for everyone to play with and review. For the past couple of years, we’ve... https://carbide3d.com/blog/grbl-1-dot-1-update/ https://carbide3d.com/blog/grbl-1-dot-1-update/ Thu, 20 Oct 2016 00:00:00 +0000 This is a guest post by Bob Warfield, founder of the popular CNCCookbook blog and author of G-Wizard, the leading feeds and speeds calculator. In this second part of the multi-part series of guest... https://carbide3d.com/blog/feed-and-speeds-part-2/ https://carbide3d.com/blog/feed-and-speeds-part-2/ Wed, 07 Sep 2016 00:00:00 +0000 We just uploaded a new build of Carbide Motion, 364. It includes: G10 is enabled for running programs, not just the MDI Fixes for a couple of bugs in incremental movement (G91) We can also share a... https://carbide3d.com/blog/carbide-motion-364-and-probing/ https://carbide3d.com/blog/carbide-motion-364-and-probing/ Thu, 18 Aug 2016 00:00:00 +0000 We just uploaded a new Carbide Motion, build 363. This build fixes the weird jogging that could occur in 362 after setting the zero position. Thanks to everyone who reported the problem. https://carbide3d.com/blog/carbide-motion-363/ https://carbide3d.com/blog/carbide-motion-363/ Tue, 16 Aug 2016 00:00:00 +0000 We just uploaded Carbide Motion Build 362. It includes a handful of great updates, and shows where we're going next. Support for G10 Probing on the Shapeoko has become a popular thing in our forum... https://carbide3d.com/blog/carbide-motion-362/ https://carbide3d.com/blog/carbide-motion-362/ Wed, 10 Aug 2016 00:00:00 +0000 This is a guest post by Bob Warfield, founder of the popular CNCCookbook blog and author of G-Wizard, the leading feeds and speeds calculator. In this multi-part series of guest posts, I want to walk... https://carbide3d.com/blog/feed-and-speeds-part-1/ https://carbide3d.com/blog/feed-and-speeds-part-1/ Thu, 04 Aug 2016 00:00:00 +0000 We just uploaded Carbide Motion 361 with the following changes- Ensure spindle is off before tool probing Ensure spindle is off before too change (Weird edge case where this could have happened... https://carbide3d.com/blog/carbide-motion-361/ https://carbide3d.com/blog/carbide-motion-361/ Tue, 02 Aug 2016 00:00:00 +0000 When we started shipping Nomads, we told customers that we had a 90 day warranty because that seemed to be industry standard for a machine like ours. For the Shapeoko, we never really stated that we... https://carbide3d.com/blog/new-warranties/ https://carbide3d.com/blog/new-warranties/ Mon, 01 Aug 2016 00:00:00 +0000 For those who haven’t heard of it, the Cameo Silhouette is a computer controlled paper and vinyl cutter that seems to be mainly for the craft/scrapbooking market. This is not something I would expect... https://carbide3d.com/blog/big-carbide-create-update/ https://carbide3d.com/blog/big-carbide-create-update/ Thu, 28 Jul 2016 00:00:00 +0000 We’ve got a couple of software changes to announce. First, MeshCAM, which is included with the Nomad, is about to get an upgrade. Early betas of MeshCAM 7 have been passed around the company and it’s... https://carbide3d.com/blog/summer-software-update/ https://carbide3d.com/blog/summer-software-update/ Mon, 18 Jul 2016 00:00:00 +0000 We've been working with some of our customers to fix a problem on the Shapeoko 3 that has quickly gained a mythology that far surpasses its reality. We've tried to answer questions when they pop up in... https://carbide3d.com/blog/disconnect-problems/ https://carbide3d.com/blog/disconnect-problems/ Wed, 20 Jan 2016 00:00:00 +0000 2016 is off to a great start here at Carbide3D In December, we ran a poll asking all of you for the number one feature you wanted to see in Carbide Create. The results were impressive, with lots of... https://carbide3d.com/blog/2016-1-15-Carbide-Create-Now-With-V--Carving/ https://carbide3d.com/blog/2016-1-15-Carbide-Create-Now-With-V--Carving/ Mon, 18 Jan 2016 00:00:00 +0000 2015 was a big year for everyone here at Carbide 3D so we wanted to take a little time to fill everyone in on what’s been going on. Standing behind our product We shipped A LOT of machines this year... https://carbide3d.com/blog/2016-1-4-2015-Wrapup/ https://carbide3d.com/blog/2016-1-4-2015-Wrapup/ Mon, 04 Jan 2016 00:00:00 +0000 Make: magazine, leader of the Maker Movement and producer of the popular Maker Faire events, just released their "Ultimate Guide to Desktop Fabrication 2016." Make: reviewed a wide variety... https://carbide3d.com/blog/make-2016/ https://carbide3d.com/blog/make-2016/ Sat, 10 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0000 Today's a big day at Carbide 3D- we finally get to announce some of the things that we've been working on for the past few months. Shapeoko is (almost) in stock After spending most of the year... https://carbide3d.com/blog/sept-2015-update/ https://carbide3d.com/blog/sept-2015-update/ Tue, 29 Sep 2015 00:00:00 +0000 It's been a few months since our last update so we figured it was about time to let everyone here know what we're spending our days doing. Nomad Kickstarter shipments are done!!! The final... https://carbide3d.com/blog/july-2015-update/ https://carbide3d.com/blog/july-2015-update/ Tue, 16 Jun 2015 15:42:32 +0000 We found GRBL, the motion control software that we use, a little over a year ago after other solutions failed to deliver the performance and reliability we needed.  Since then, we've used it for both... https://carbide3d.com/blog/our-future-with-grbl-and-a-new-product/ https://carbide3d.com/blog/our-future-with-grbl-and-a-new-product/ Mon, 23 Feb 2015 20:47:21 +0000 We've gotten more Youtube videos featuring the Nomad than we ever expected. We love watching them to find out what users are doing with their machines but this one blew us away. Craig had a... https://carbide3d.com/blog/nomad-in-action-1/ https://carbide3d.com/blog/nomad-in-action-1/ Thu, 22 Jan 2015 18:17:01 +0000 For those who have been following our progress over the past few months, it’s clear that we’ve been limited by the machine shops we rely on. We should probably just declare now that we’re control... https://carbide3d.com/blog/how-to-buy-a-haas/ https://carbide3d.com/blog/how-to-buy-a-haas/ Fri, 09 Jan 2015 19:04:00 +0000 UPDATE: Bob at CNCCookbook.com has posted more information about The Big News at [CNC Cookbook](https://blog.cnccookbook.com/2014/12/09/breaking-news-shapeoko-carbide-3d-join-forces/) We can finally... https://carbide3d.com/blog/welcome-edward-to-the-team/ https://carbide3d.com/blog/welcome-edward-to-the-team/ Tue, 09 Dec 2014 19:32:16 +0000