Paco's surfacing routine

[wberminio]

I just surfaced a walnut desk top and used Paco's Surfacing Routine
I though some of you new guys could use this -
great for solid wood or even your
SB table!

http://pacosarea.blogspot.com/2007/02/surfacing-along-axis-shopbot-routine.html

Try it! It works great!
Thanks again Paco :)

[gerryv]

Thanks for posting this Erminio; it's exactly what I've been hoping to find a way to accomplish with hardwood lumber.

Thanks also to Paco Riendeau, David Buchsbaum and Mike Richards.

[wberminio]

Gerald
It is a very simple and effective program.
I've been using it for years
We have a great group here that is willing to share!

[srwtlc]

Been using it for years too, just pulled it out of the drawer again the other day. ;)

[mzettl]

I've been using this for years as well. I have surfaced some large bubinga slab table tops with it, and it works great. I also use it for lumber that is too wide for my jointer an d planer to handle. It's versatile, easy to use, and reliable. Many thanks to those already mentioned who had a hand in developing it.

Matt

[scottp55]

Showing my ignorance and inability to read anything beyond the most basic code. In what way is this different than making a boundary box larger than cutter diameter and then doing a ramped pocket cut (Raster) with no profile pass?:confused:

[srwtlc]

Scott,

As the file is run, it asks if you want to raster in X or Y, the size in X and Y, the amount you want to take off, cutter diameter, overlap, and depth. When finished with the first pass, you have the option of taking another pass at full or half depth or quit. When using again, you have the option of using the same settings again. All this is done without drawing or toolpathing anything.

Spindle control is an option that could be enabled too.

I recently had a bunch of rough blanks that needed to be flattened on one side and all that needed to be done was to lock the blank in and z zero to the highest point, answer the input questions once and let 'er rip. Swap blank and run again with the same settings.

[scottp55]

Thanks Scott, Sounds a lot like my "Surfacing ALL" except easier. I drew vertical and horizontal boundary boxes and then made incremental tool pass depths for rasters on X,Y for .02-.05" and Z to a mid height.
Programming experience Nill at this point, might be a good first one after I research HOW a little more:)