Waste board / slats

[Emmess (Matthias Solga)]

William, a while ago you posted the project for slats for the waste board, thank you btw!

Now I saw that in that project the outer edge is designed as a pocket around the outer edge of a rectangle. It was my impression so far that such a pocket always is drawn inside a rectangle, with outer limits of that rectangle being the outer limit of the pocket.

Now the slat project does not have an outer edge for the pocket. How come?

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

Do you mean:

Hybrid Table - slats - XXL

That was further discussed at:

How to make Filler Strips on an XXL (same concept for Standard)

While it’s quite straight-forward to make MDF filler strips on an XL: Geometry isn’t so kind on an XXL or Standard w/ their essentially square bed. Making replacement filler strips requires that one do a bit of rotation to make things fit, and source narrow boards, rather than large sheets. First, go to the local lumber yard and buy a board of suitable dimensions (greater than 40" in length, wider than 3" or so, and as close to the 3/4" thickness as is possible). One option is Azek “Exterio…

which has the slat geometry, plus offset, and is cut as a pocket:

[Emmess (Matthias Solga)]

yes, I mean that piece. Understood the offset thing. Thanks! How do I get tabs?

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

There is a tool for this in Carbide Create:

https://carbide3d.com/hub/courses/create/tabs/

[Emmess (Matthias Solga)]

I know that of course. But how to get them into the pocket?

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

Select the inner geometry:

Edit Tabs

Then limit the depth of the pocket:

[Emmess (Matthias Solga)]

so you add a contour toolpath? first a pocket toolpath to reduce friction, less deep than the stock, and additionally a contour toolpath now with tabs?

[Emmess (Matthias Solga)]

tried it that way, and it worked. TY!!!