Letters are different than pocket

[WillAdams (William Adams (Carbide 3D))]

Depends on your material and tool.

One the line might work, or you may need an offset — my recommendation is to start with a single letter as a test — cut it out, then cut the pocket, then do a test fit, then adjust and re-cut the pocket.

Note if you’re using a belt-drive machine you should calibrate for belt-stretch:

Calibrating the machines over long distances

The typical technique for machine calibration: https://my.carbide3d.com/faq/belt-stretch/ depends on precision measuring tools, and is limited by the reach of the tools in question. EDIT: It also depends on access to the MDI — if using Carbide Motion v6 it will be necessary to enable this in Settings | Options: [image] It should be possible to cut strips from a suitable blank of material, one along each axis — so we set up a square file which matches an available blank of material: [ima…