Waste board - lessons learned

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

That’s why I’ve been advocating for a spoilboard the size of the working area (plus endmill diameter along X, radius along Y), w/ a corner radius which matches the endmill.

Similarly, designed this into the wasteboard setup I’m using now:

A different sort of filler strip

Decided I wanted a slightly more efficient usage and mounting of filler strips, so this is what I came up with: the existing strips were cut off a bit shy of the working area at a 45 degree angle, and additional holes added to secure them just short of where the angle meets the baseplate underneath the wasteboard strips were then cut at a 45 degree angle so as to fit snugly underneath at the back, and at the front to fit, and a hole with a countersink to accommodate a nylon bolt was cut in the…