Pocket cutting

[mmoran@Baraboo.k12.wi.us]

I tried to surface my table using the CR command and using the pocketing option. The rectangle will cut but it stops cutting after the first pass. Any sugestions, I've had the shopbot for a week so please assume I'm a novice at best.

[rgengrave@aol.com]

Mike I sent you a file that will do it for you.

Ron V

[bill.young]

Hi Mike,

My guess is that the pocketing option somehow didn't get selected in the fillin sheet. Make sure that you TAB down to the "w/POCKETING feature to hollow" option and turn it on by hitting the spacebar before you hit the ENTER key.

There's a description of the steps for flattening your table top in the Bill's Corner section of the ShopBot web site at http://www.shopbottools.com/flattenttop.htm

Hope this helps,

Bill Young

[davidallen]

by 'first pass' do you mean cutting the outside square or that is doesn't 'step down' after the first surface cut?

da