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I'm doing a Dollhouse door that has recessed rectangular panels. I'm cutting defining the panels using the 60 degree VCarve bit, following a rectangle of the desired shape with a quick engrave, of a...

Haven't cut any aluminum yet and my clamping techniques leave a lot to be desired.

I tend to hide behind thick plywood when I start to cut

Thanks all, Now where did I put that Hacksaw?

Thanks, I like the z- method and will try it today on a pine blank

Most of the jobs I do are pretty small and the jigs and hold down often interfere with getting the zeroing plate on the parts or in the bottom of a Jig.

Is the size of the zero plate important?...

I'm cutting dollhouse doors from exotic woods. The boards start out .8" thick and I slice then in half to .35-.4 inches. The final doors are about .16667 thick (2" in inch scale). The design starts...

Thanks Brady That answers my question.

Thanks Joe, I already looked at that but it doesn't help with Partworks 3D.
PW3D works off of a stl solid model and doesn't provide any guidance on how it needs to flip the part.

I guess I'll...

Hi All,
I'm trying to cut a two sided dollhouse door. The door is symmetric about the long axis but the top and bottom are different. I figured out how to get the required tool paths for the...

Actually I didn't. I'm new to this <4 months since I ordered my machine. The MDF table move around from day to day from humidity. I wanted to get an aluminum table to stop this. I may look into...

Has anyone tried an aluminum T-Slot table on the buddy?
where did you get it and how much was it.

The table on my buddy is cupped (hump in the center) and flattening the secondary spoil board did...

Hi All,
My version of the shopbot software (V3.8.4 PRT) that i'm using with my BT48 PRS Alpha has under the Cuts menu listings for C1, C2, C3, C5, C6, C7 and C9.
1-3 and 5-7 have titles that...

Hi again,
And thanks for all the good advise.:D I remounted my spoil board, flat this time and did a flattening pass taking a 30 thou cut that flattened the board along the Y (long axis)And...

I have a new (<2 months) Shopbot Buddy BT 48 PRS Alpha. Looking over the machine this morning I noticed that the secondary MDF spoil board is not tight to the Primary board in the center I may have...

Okay after careful measurement last night I determined that the table has a .060" arch from center to both edges in the Y direction. and less than .002 in the X direction.
Do I need to fiddle with...

Well, actually it is level, just not in relation to the Z axis.
I just did my first real part and the Y=0 end of the table is about 3/64 lower than the middle of the table.
Is there a procedure...

Thanks that what I ended up doing

Thanks Randall, I guess I'll just have to time things as I cut to get the scale right.
I've only cut one sign for practice and am just beginning to do real stuff.

Hi all,
I have a .nc program created from another CAD/CAM tool that cuts a plaque out of MDF. At the end of the first cut,I'd like to add some hold downs for the center of the plaque. The idea...

As far as I can tell Yes. I set them when I set up the toolpaths and checked the codes in the SHB file. I'll take another look tonight

J have just finished designing a set of parts for making models of Civil War tents
The parts consist of a couple of pyramid shaped parts and a cross bar. I nested 12 sets of the parts on a 24"...