official community and no info about Shapeoko3?! shame on you! 
http://www.shapeoko.com/
http://www.shapeoko.com
Cool ! But I have look the hole for limit swich so how install this ?
No more lead screw on the Z axis. Interesting looking design. Wish there was a USB microscope camera mount as a standard option so we can all finally just accept machine vision as the norm.
I’ve just received my Shapeoko2, and I’d like to upgrade it (both the size, the spindle, maybe the z-axis and the motors too). I guess some parts will be upgradeable to the new design, some not really. Any suggestions how to approach the upgrades?
Just about to purchase and now this. Looking for feedback. Should I choose the current Shapeoko 2 now on sale for $550 or Shapeoko 3 for $799 + $99 for Dewalt trim router. (I currently have a new Bosch trim router)
The biggest focus on the new machine is ease of assembly. Secondary was improving the ease of expansion and rigidity at large sizes. If you can make do w/ a 500mm X-axis the SO2 is probably the best value (esp. if one works up a technique to join the two lengths of Makerslide) and is available now, and is more portable in its stock configuration. It’s easy to add side supports along the Y-axis (see the wiki for details on that) to make it more rigid.
I really hope that we’ll be able to work out a way to continue to sell the SO2 or a similar machine (say a 2.3, a hybrid of the SO2 and 3), esp. if we can keep the cost at the lower price (or ideally lower it even more) — I know that when I was starting out, I wouldn’t’ve been able to justify buying in at $799.
FWIW, I really wish that there was a way to mirror the Google community on the Forum (and vice-versa) — while it’s nice that there’s an official group here (so as to prevent further fragmentation by there being many), I find Google Circles really awkward to navigate, and still haven’t puzzled out how to start w/ the first post a community has made and read through to the present so as to mine it for information / links.
I’d like to see the makerslide concept expanded to larger cross sections with four v ways. Filling the larger extrusions with concrete (as Taig does for their bedway) or fiber reinforced concrete would be an interesting experiment for expanded footprints. If only I could get my hands on a 1.5M granite straight edge for a reference surface while the concrete set…
No more Inventables love after the Carvey was released huh?