Chazz
03-21-2015, 09:28 PM
Hi folks,
Stepping up my CNC game again here. I manually cut a 2'x4' world map early on to kind of proving to myself that I could do it. It was a pain but I was successful. Now, I see that there is an option to do much of the dirty work. WAY COOL! However, there is one part that seem to be left out.... when you do the tiling in feed-through mode, you need good alignment when feeding the material through.
Bringing this to the Desktop, the only feed-through option is along the Y axis. How does one create a good set of pilot holes? The bed is only 18 inches; but the hole centers can't be 18" apart because it would not work with the standard spoiler board. (humm, I could oversize my spoiler board) I picked 16" to give a little room. However, when I slide the material 16" through, how do I keep it aligned? My only thought is to put the holes at 8" centers. Cut the first tile (with aligning holes at 0", 8" and 16"). Then feed the material 8 inches, clamp it down, cut the 16" aligning hole, feed 8", clamp it down, cut 16" aligning hole and T2 tile... It would work; but I fear that the 8" span that the alignment is based upon would be kind of weak.
Thoughts?
Thanks
Stepping up my CNC game again here. I manually cut a 2'x4' world map early on to kind of proving to myself that I could do it. It was a pain but I was successful. Now, I see that there is an option to do much of the dirty work. WAY COOL! However, there is one part that seem to be left out.... when you do the tiling in feed-through mode, you need good alignment when feeding the material through.
Bringing this to the Desktop, the only feed-through option is along the Y axis. How does one create a good set of pilot holes? The bed is only 18 inches; but the hole centers can't be 18" apart because it would not work with the standard spoiler board. (humm, I could oversize my spoiler board) I picked 16" to give a little room. However, when I slide the material 16" through, how do I keep it aligned? My only thought is to put the holes at 8" centers. Cut the first tile (with aligning holes at 0", 8" and 16"). Then feed the material 8 inches, clamp it down, cut the 16" aligning hole, feed 8", clamp it down, cut 16" aligning hole and T2 tile... It would work; but I fear that the 8" span that the alignment is based upon would be kind of weak.
Thoughts?
Thanks