A newbie mistake of course I had everything set up on the previous carve but then i grabbed another piece of wood and ooops it was thicker. I have done it before with more or less square objects and used my bandsaw to cut it free and then sand it out, but this was a heart shaped carve and I did not want to screw this one up as well (previous carve forgot to z zero.) so I thought for a bit and ended up running it upside down through the planer that has a spiral cutterhead. I ran it a few thou at a time and bingo I was able to get it paper thin so I could break it out and easily sand off the tiny bit it hung on by. It is not something i recommend doing all the time, but it did save my carve.
…in a similar bind, but without the planner option, I flipped the piece and surfaced the backside until thin enought to break free.
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that was not an option on a heart shaped object there would have been nowhere to use clamps and I did not want to make the front surface all sticky with double sided tape.
A jigsaw and a flush-trim bit come in handy during times like these.
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These are great solutions! I too shared similar experiences in the beginnig. A lesson I learned early on was to delete my gcode after each use. This forces me to reset the job parameters for each carve, which forces me to grab my calipers.
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This how I do many of my projects
Cut down from top surface and leave approximately 1/16 inch holding at bottom
Band saw and clean up with flush cut on router table
Homer 57
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