Cutting larger then cut area allowed

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I make wooden toys and thus cut lots of small pieces out of large panels of stock. Some of the patterns extend past the working length of the SO3, ex. 32” long panel (I cut a sheet of plywood into 9 pieces 32” long X 16” wide). The rubber band rifle I’m currently building has a length of about 28”. I need to cut the outline of the pattern in 2 cuts and the 2 cuts have to start at the middle of the pattern and extend towards one end and then continue from the middle and extend towards the other e…

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Okay, let’s imagine I want to cut out a 14" tall letter “J” on my Nomad: [image] I would start by drawing an 8" or so square which defines where there overlap is going to be: [image] I would draw in some holes for registration pins: [image] I would then duplicate and drag the registration pins and square to define the balance of what needs to be cut: [image] Then I would adjust the part I want to cut out so that it’s better placed and offset it by a bit more than the diameter of the …