What’s the best process for surfacing a work piece prior to machining?
I have bitsetter and bitzero on my Shapeoko 5. I also have the Whiteside 1.5" surfacing bit and am concerned how it works with the bitsetter since the bit is fairly large in diameter.
Thanks in advance
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I wiped the top of my bit setter off and glued a magnet to it, the larger magnet also allows me to use my leveling bit on it.
In the pic, I have multiple magnets to allow dusty to clear the ex-thick spoil board
Another approach is when surfacing, just disable the BitSetter. You should restart CM after disabling or enabling the BitSetter.
Depending on how often you use the surfacing bit, it may not be worth while to faf around with the BiSetter to get it to work with that bit.
I dont have an SO5 but an SO3. I have the Whiteside 1" 3 wing cutter and it has a hole in the center so I cannot use Bitsetter with that bit. I only use the Whiteside for flattening my spoilboard so I disable the BitSetter and remove it so I dont accidentally hit it. I make my spoilboard pocket .5" bigger than my spoilboard so I dont want to hit the BitSetter. I just use the paper method.
So if your Whiteside does not have a hole in the middle like mine then the BitSetter would work. @mhotchin mentioned that when you disable the Bitsetter you need to power off your Shapeoko. I know that is true on the SO3/4 but have been told here on the forum you dont have to do that with an SO5. Since I dont have one I cannot verify that advise. I dont think it would hurt to do a power cycle but you can experiment and see if it is necessary. The SO5 is a different animal from the SO3/4 controller. The BitSetter is in a different location so just make sure you dont accidentially hit it when surfacing.
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