Good day all, Brand new CNC user, long time woodworker. I am supposed to be getting my X50 woodworker this weekend. I have purchased vcarve pro and have been working on designs I have my table built and ready, I have a 20 x 20 woodshop with dust collection. I have ordered my “starter bit set”, …

Mike, I’ll give you two more candidates: Make sure the collet is tight so the bit won’t slip Make sure the xyz origin matches the origin in the gcode (e.g., lower left vs center of model and/or top vs bottom of workpiece) … don’t ask … :slight_smile:

Welcome, Mike! Not so much a specific item as an approach. I strive to take the same actions every time. Moving from right to left as I move across the front of my table, dust collection on, visual check router is plugged in, dial set to the correct setting, bit is above work piece, move to monitor,…

Something to keep in mind - if you’re stressing over that expensive piece of wood that you’re about to carve, and you want to make sure you don’t immediately plunge into the wrong origin point and destroy the piece of wood or hit a clamp, etc…, turn your touch probe on its side and probe the edge of…

You definitively want to make a checklist, particularly if you have tool changes. It’s so easy to screw up a tool change by, e.g. forgetting to probe for Z. Over time your list will grow to cover small mistakes but the main steps from mine are: In Fusion 360 Ensure WCS matches probing Export all…

lately, I’ve been cutting wood and acrylic. Made a mistake where I used an end mill instead of an o-flute on acrylic. it was short cut so it was ok but the bit was screaming.

Yes I did see that. I had that as a starting point. Mike

I concur with No.1. Just had this happen to me. Buried the bit in my workpiece.

If using a Makita router, it’s advisable to use BOTH wrenches as opposed to the spindle lock button. Many have broken the lower router casting by not realizing how much torque it could withstand. That said, I’ve only used the button myself, as I typically only run 1/8" cutters that don’t require th…

Thank you all for the suggestions. I have a good beginning list and will add to as needed

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Original/PRO Series (Buildbotics) (Gen 1)

349iq2345 July 21, 2022, 12:18am 2

Hey Mike,

a checklist like this: Ready To Go Checklist?

Welcome to the forum!

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