Beginners guide to designing and making a spoilboard for you CNC

[@Jesus_is_Lord_24-7]

Thank you so much for this tutorial. I plan to use this on the ProverXL 6050 plus. There are not that many videos on help with that machine beyond reviews and assembly, so this video is a big help. Thanks again for your excellent help!

[@richardsandford1607]

Great video! Thank you!!

[@atienne_navarre]

Nice videos but the lazy part of me was wondering if it wouldnt be just as effectivee to cut correctly sized strips on a table saw between the tracks and glue them down and then surface? Then going forward you just replace and surface the damaged ones.

[@SethCNC]

Well you'd be best to replace all strips at once if replacing any, because if you're only replacing some as you surface the older ones they will become thinner and thinner, requiring the new ones to need to be made just as thin, instead I'd resurface all until too thin then replace all.. But yeah, using the table saw to rip strips is certainly an option. But those are too dangerous for the UK 😮😮 But aligning them all during the glue down would be more painful for the individual strips than gluing down one sheet and cutting them on the cnc like James did here. I think he took the lazy (and easier) route here. 👍

[@JamesDeanDesigns]

I've actually done it both ways and in a previous video I use pre cut strips. It does rely on you having the facility to cut them down to begin with, despite what Seth says we are allowed table saws here in the UK 😆 its dado stacks that are questionable, very few manufacturers cater for them. But Seths points sum up the reason for this approach, essentially using 1 tool to do a job rather than several. Ultimately the strips are the least important part really, its the surfacing and tramming that make the real difference

[@allesnichts8244]

And how do you remove them, without destroy the underlying part?

[@atienne_navarre]

@@allesnichts8244 You glue them down using the CA glue and Tape Method.

[@spottedowl]

Great video! Just subscribed to Carveco and created the same files from the video to create my spoilboard. Will the job start so that the surfacing bit can added?

[@MJPPoland]

I have learned a lot from your nice tutorials. Thank you for the investment in time that it has required. I am interested how you run multiple machines from one PC. How does UGS automatically switch between the machines?

[@JamesDeanDesigns]

Each connection will register as a different com port. You just select the relevant com port for each machine. Thre is naturally a higher risk of things going wrong running multiple machines but it can be done

[@jeremydumoit4487]

Are those the stock stepper motors on there? They looks pretty beefy for size of the machine!

[@JamesDeanDesigns]

They are. Nema 23 closed loop steppers. They are very strong

[@ralphwatson7036]

James, do you have a video discussing care and maintenance of desktop CNCs? I feel like my 4040-Pro needs some lubricant but I don't want to mess it up.

[@Jesus_is_Lord_24-7]

You mentioned running a Framing Feature. Is this an option in Carvco Maker or in UGS?

[@JamesDeanDesigns]

In UGS. In one of the top drop down menus called outline

[@jessicathadani1873]

This might be a stupid question, but ive just ordered my fox alien masuter pro extended bundle machine and this is my first cnc and all of this is still very new to me, speaking of which, your videos have been incredibly helpful. If i dont intent to use the clamps between the slots , and just intent to use the tape and ca glue method to secure my project, cant i essentially have a sheet of mdf cut to size of the surface ? Of course id need to surface it level etc . But my point is, in that case cant be a rectangular sheet rather than the strips ?

[@patcoulter3292]

I have asked myself the same question... I believe the answer to be a full sheet when just engraving. BUT... maybe just tape alone would not be sufficient if/when carving a thicker small footprint piece

[@Clickmaster5k]

I hope part 2 of the spindle upgrade is still on the way?

[@JamesDeanDesigns]

Well... Ive hit a slight issue in that how it's meant to work is not quite working and I can't seem to get it right 😕 So I'm debating do I just do the video and show how far I have got or try and hold off to see if I can get it going correctly

[@Clickmaster5k]

@@JamesDeanDesigns Ah, thanks for the response. Especially looking forward to that video either way you decide to do it.

[@happyendings59]

how many limit switches do you have? How does your home (0,0) work without a limit switch? my particular CNC machine (a ultimate bee) only came with three... Either you need them for your home adjustment (hits them on home) but then like, how do you stop on the other end?

[@JamesDeanDesigns]

So minimum you need is 3 to home, and the position can vary depending on what corner youre homing to. however to stop hitting the other end of the axis yiu ideally need 6 in total

[@xyzspec82]

It's not right to tram the spindle by tilting the gantry. Both the gantry and the spindle need to be trammed separately. If the gantry is ok, but the spindle is not, tilting the gantry will make the Z axis move diagonally and parts will be cut like so.

[@JamesDeanDesigns]

That's assuming the gantry is OK though. There is movement in most holes for assembly, and I and a lot of my followers come from machines such as 3018's where there is no adjustment other than adjusting the gantry. Its a case of the right approach for the right machine which is why I mention different options

[@larrywhite-pj9fk]

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