I need to make my own waste board with holes for alignment / some sort of clamping system for when I start cutting plywood.
I was wondering if anyone knew if Carbide shares drawings of the XXL wasteboard?
Making a new waste board I need to know if there is a chance in getting marks / by wrong runs making marks in the waste board. I´m thinking of making a split waste board.
First layer with 3/4 MDF
Second layer with 3or6mm MDF
Each hole in the lower waste board will have threaded interests of some sort.
I guess this is an extremely elementary question by me; that never has runned a CNC machine:
Is it a necessity to install threaded inserts in my waste board?
Using dowels ( for example 9mm in diameter ) a good alternative for alignment / holding the workpiece in place?
PS: I will then not have any for for hold down equipment ; but is this neseccary when the most sturdy material I will work with is Oak / but mostly work with plywood with 3/4 thickness.
http://carbide3d.com/files/S3_Wasteboard.pdf (please note that this file is dates 27 May 2016 and has extra holes to accommodate the obsoleted cross straps when using a one piece wasteboard)
Dowels work well for locating (frequently used for that in flip jigs), and one can use them along two edges of a piece, but they have to have something such as a cam clamp, or a sliding set of wedges to actually hold things in place.
I found these clamps ( see attached photo ) - they look like they would do the job with t-tracks.
The clamps are listed in the resource site you added in this thread.
Trying to figure out what a flip jig is - tried to google it, with no result. What kind of jig is it?
A lot of new glossary / terms to understand here…
I used my Shapeoko XXL and cut the waste board to accept the t-track. works like a charm, drill through holes and use machine screws and nuts to hold it in place.
Chris, do you have any pictures of this idea your put forward? Could be a valued asset for others (like myself, who have yet to purchase their Shapeoko). I’m just in the beginning learning phase.