Can the sweet new bit setter be installed with an auxiliary threaded wasteboard on my xxl? If not I figure I can turn on my router and manually jog my machine to cut a groove in order to mount it to the front rail.
It should be possible. I think you will have to make a small notch in it along the front of the rail.
For installation on your setup, it will temporarily require you to remove the auxiliary waste-board.
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It should just fit — the BitSetter is 60mm wide, and in my (default/stock) install, its left edge is ~4.25" from the edge of the upright.
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Thanks everyone for the replies. I have the same 4 plus inches of Room on the side of my wasteboard but wasn’t sure if my router would actually jog that much further past in order to go where it needs to for bit setter operation. You can only move so far into that empty area due to the size of the gantry.
There is a bit more room with the HDZ.
I was planning on using my oscillating tool to cut a groove in the supplementary wasteboard as far right as possible as to diminish the possibility of interfering with a project.
I had to cut a slight notch in mine, and I also cut out an angle to allow me to get to the setscrew. If you have the HDZ, and ears for the suckit, or pwncnc, you lose some area to the right, so install where it will work. Instructions say 4.5" from right, Mine is about 4.75.
And I think it works great
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Great info! Do you have a pic of the notch you cut?
Not near machine, I just took my multitool and sliced out a slot and then angled just a bit so I could get the allen wrench on the inside screw. Nothing big or exciting.
I’m planning to do exactly the same when I receive my BitSetter, UPS delayed the delivery and it is supposed to arrive today if it is not delayed again like the previous shipment.
I had to cut about an .75in notch. I used a small handsaw to cut into my wasteboard then a chisel to remove the material since I could not fit a saw in the perpendicular direction. Fit was perfect.
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Why not just turn on your router and jog the machine to cut the notch. Seems the simplest way. Maybe im missing something.
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My wasteboard butts up against the steel plate in the front of the machine. Yes, that approach would work, but I wouldn’t be able to get it right up against the front, and one wrong keystroke will snap the bit on the steel. Time-wise, its probably about a wash, but I just felt more comfortable making a quick cut with a handsaw then clearing it out with a chisel being that close to the frame.
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It took me just a couple of minutes with an oscillating tool to make the cut and install the BitSetter. It does not have to be precise, it would have taken longer to do this with the router with a chance that I would damage the frame and/or the bit.
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Hi Luc,
Could you please tell me how much the bitsetter sticks out in front of the black steel frame? I’m guessing 25mm-ish, but I’m planning a new enclosure and want to make sure it all fits inside
Thanks!
it projects by at least 30mm.
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Mine sticks out by exactly 29mm from the front plate.
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If you are planning an enclosure, you also need to take into account that the router sticks out in front so the bit lands in the middle of the Bitsetter Of course you would normally have the doors open when you setup the machine. In addition if you re planning an enclosure, you also have to take into consideration the dust boot possibly protruding in front if you have a front mounted one like SuckIt.
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Thanks mate! I forgot about the spindle motor protrusion - doh! Good thing I’m just in the planning stage - back to the drawing board…
Cheers!