I’m new to 1f but not new to cnc. I ordered the elite bundle and got the qcw with the top mount spoilboard. I’m a little annoyed with having to drill and locate holes for the fasteners of the spoilboard. Anyone make a file and just cut the holes with the cnc while you clamp the slats down? Seems like it would be way easier. I think for the cost of the qcw it should include precut mdf and hardware. Also another issue is the so called leveling feet. I don’t see them addressed in the manual. Also I have leftover hardware that I have no idea what it’s for. Not a great start in my opinion. I’m sure I’ll get it sorted out.
Why didn’t you order the secure from beneath QCW?
Honestly I thought it would be easier to have the secure from above once the machine was setup.
I agree. No need to lift & block up the QCW when you want to replace slats. You also have a clear visual as to how close you’re getting to the mounting screws as you re-flatten the slats over time.
You do need to create a cutting project to make the holes for mounting the slats but that’s probably an hour’s work in VCarve with verifying the measurements against the QCW. I didn’t do that and used the measurements called out in the documentation for the QCW and that was a mistake. The document has the measurements as if the slats fit exactly between the tracks. That’s not the case. They’re undersized a bit. So you want make your project design based on measuring the hole distance from the center of the slat not the edges. Or fit one side against the track and reposition your other side holes in your design to account for the difference in track to track width vs the undersized slat width. I did the latter but the former would be more tolerant of differences in slat width for when you cut your own to replace worn ones in the future. I figure I’ll do it over when I need to replace a slat. I haven’t had to resurface it enough yet to need new slats.
Yeah I am figuring this out. I made a file for the holes on the mdf pieces. Super easy to do and took about 30 min. I made my mdf a snug fit on the t track. The middle pieces were fine at 8,875. The left and right were 10 inches.
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You looking for something like this? I think these are for the older Journeyman versions that I have, so may need to adjust depending if you have then newer one that has a slightly different spacing, but should give you a good start.
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I purchased the secure from beneath QCW. For my purposes the T-tracks were two far apart and the spoil boards were too difficult to replace. I was also loosing approximately an inch of Y axis work space at the top of the board. However I wanted to keep the frame so I removed the T-tracks and made a torsion box between the two X frames. Haven’t quite finished but I like how it is turning out.
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I don’t have my machine yet so this may be a dumb question, but what is the purpose of this board?
Thanks,
Roger
The QCW X bar and T-tracks results in a lose of about 1" of Y direction work area. I added this board to support the extended wasteboards over the bar - and recapture the lost 1"
Sorry, I missed that in your original post. Thanks.
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So I ordered a t-track bolt kit for this thing and found out its not 1/4-20 which highly annoys me. I think I may just put a whole sheet of mdf over the ttracks and secure it that way and put my own normal sized t tracks in.
That’s weird. I use 1/4-20 bolts on my QCW t-track. Are you sure you didn’t buy a 5/16 kit? Early on there were people that talked about wishing QCW supported that common size too. QCW T-track Size - #10 by kriaz101
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