How can I get a stock to a specific thickness? I mean use the wasteboard as reference plane, for some different pieces with slightly different thicknesses that all should have the same thickness?
Any tricks? Tips? Other than always measuring thickness, and again in CC changing the cut properties?
- Use the wasteboard as Z Zero (you are already doing this).
- Create a pocket toolpath that covers the area you want to plane down to the given thickness.
- Set your stock thickness to the thickest piece of stock. Thinner pieces of stock will have some air cutting, OR you could update the thickness. I personally just live with the air cutting.
- (Here’s the magic sauce). Let’s say the thickness you want is 19mm. Then set the toolpath depth to be
t-19.
Even if you do change the stock thickness, the piece will still be planed to the same thickness remaining. The expression is ‘live’, and will re-evaluate if you change t (the stock thickness).
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as noted, just set the zero relative to the surface for the final pass so as to arrive at a desired thickness.
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Michael,
worked! TY!
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