Hello, again friends! I have found some great advice on Wiki and the forum specific to the Shapeoko regarding our squaring procedures. I understand what I am looking at with light gaps, gauge readings, and even the math, but I have no confidence in the physical setup tricks/ methods. I bought a lot of tools for this but I don’t have a clear picture of how to mount them or physically implement them with the Shapeoko.
Please share pictures of how one might (properly) implement measurement tools such as:
Engineer Square
Machinist Level
Dial Indicator and Magnetic Bases
Setup Blocks, Etc.
PLEASE TELL ME IF MY (one handed) PICTURES ARE WRONG SO I CAN EDIT THEM OUT
(I don’t want to confuse anyone just starting out like myself)
The video is helpful as well, though I disagree with the idea of using ratchet straps from an idealist/perfection viewpoint, not 'cause it doesn’t work.
@WillAdams I am going to use those general steps moving forward! Just ordered some heavy duty leveling feet for my bench on Amazon. So I can put my S3 XXL on my MDF/Ply bench top sandwich. Also planning on adding some additional cross members to my bench legs.
Then hopefully I can figure out how to implement my setup blocks and machinist level. I played with the ratchet strap idea for the first alignment to get me within “shim’able” dimensions and now I have a couple of cans cut ready for shims. That brings me to this juncture trying to nail down a physical strategy for a consistent repeatable tolerance evaluation method.
Don’t mind tail chasing one bit, I am having a lot of fun learning about tolerances of this magnitude.
