Has anyone established the MDF slat dimensions for the Gen 2 Elite waste board for the journeyman using the onefinity QCW? for woodworker and foreman? As best I can determine onefinity hasn’t updated the online videos or QCW manuals.
There still isn’t an officially published MDF slat dimension sheet from Onefinity CNC for the Gen 2 Elite QCW wasteboard. Many users are asking the same question on their forum with no official update yet.
However, third-party vacuum slat suppliers list typical Journeyman QCW slat sizes as roughly:
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(V2 QCW): (2) 10″ x 42″ outer slats + (3) 9″ x 42″ center slats, or
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(V1 QCW): (5) ~9″ x 42″ slats depending on your frame version.
These give you a good ballpark for overall slat widths/lengths when cutting your own MDF strips while you wait for official Onefinity docs.
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UPDATE: Just saw this on the page where you buy the Journeyman QCW. I am assuming no need to update the manual, if it is using the same product…
Finally, just reach out to support@onefinity.com to confirm, they have always been responsive to me.
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I reached out to support on 2/26/26 and got this reply … “The journeyman has changed and I recommend waiting until you get the qcw to measure it when it’s assembled to make your cuts so you don’t waste material”.
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they do not already know ?
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I agree, this blows my mind, 
. I mean if you are making a change and have have engineer plans, and they are manufacturing to specs. I would have thought that any change would be to make it the same width as the Forman and then they could just have different lengths in the t-track between between the Journeyman, Foreman, maybe even future 4x8 sled.
Also you could use same journeyman t-tracks for woodworker…
I can only assume that they have/had to switch to a new manufacturer and have not got the final production batches in. Again this is a drawback of the, we build a prototype and then sell it and then build-to-sales model.
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I am thinking of making my spoilboards narrower so I can put more t tracks in. more flexibility of places to secure the work especially small projects
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I have had T-track on CNC machines going back 15 years. Virtually never used them. Even with the QCW frame for my JMan, I drilled out and used threaded inserts for clamping. When I got the Redline Foreman last fall I switched to Microfit slots & fittings and 1/2 inch holes that I use dowel pins in. I clamp with either 3D printed Microjig clamps or wedges between the 1/2” dowels & the workpiece. Clamps & holdowns cost me pennies now and there are almost no metal pieces that can wreck an end mill in case something goes badly wrong.