Shapeoko 5 Pro CNC Router: Is it Worth it?

Can you talk about the table? Like how stable the table is re: racking back and forth during carves?

How fast does this rapid? Seems slow in the video.

rigidity and capabilities as far as how hard you can push the machine are probably the most important metrics to review IMO.

It’s definitely worth it but now there’s the AltMill and things are getting complicated. I’m frozen until I know more.

Where I get that??

Great review. Overall, worth it for a beginner/DIYer?

I will be upgrading to a 4x2 in the near future (I currently have a Shapeoko 4 Standard). I'm glad to see that the Bitsetter is standard equipment now. The Bitsetter is probably by far the best accessory you can have.

Can you make a rifle stock with this

I also have been having many problems with my 5 pro. Very depressing to say the least.

Thanks for the video! I am considering this CNC or the Onefinity Journeyman Pro. Did you do any compares prior to buying the Shapeoko ?

This machine is a ticking time bomb, the controller they designed has wrongly specc'd octo couplers, cold solder joints. A lot shipped with missing components off the main controller board itself. You are locked into using their over priced spindles if you add one as they molested the signal coming out for speed control unless your willing to take it apart and bypass the noise isolation completely to get a usable signal. On the spindles, they spin up 0-100 percent on power on even using their offering.
More often than not, you will get the machine missing parts/hardware and pretty much every bolt on this thing isn't torqued correctly right out of the box.

Oh and they put little tiny stepper motors on it and give them way too much current to the point of if you even come near the heat sink you will get burned, they are so above their thermal budget in this design I couldn't imagine the stepper drivers lasting more than a year/year and a half with decent use. They also delete / moderate / censor thread on their own forum of people talking about more of the serious problems with this machine.

I'm sorry, I have the 3XXL and bought the 5 because I loved the old one. What a giant mistake. In my opinion the only thing that can fix this machine is a torque wrench and the a Masso Controller conversion.

BUYER BEWARE.

Excellent overview of this new machine, I have been wondering how this new machine is for accuracy, from your detail work it looks pretty accurate