ShopSabre Hybrid Spoilboard for Vacuum Fixturing on IS Series Router

[@patrickl6866]

Bob, I get what you did in the video and it definitely got me thinking about a hybrid concept. I am not sure how you intend to use it in practice yourself so I would appreciate some follow on videos showing your uses of this hybrid spoil board. Once again thank you for another thought provoking video. Pat

[@shopsabre]

Quick on the draw - we like it! Stay tuned as that is our next video coming out soon :)

[@routerbob]

Patrick, the hybrid setup was used for the guitar body video that we recently completed. The video is in final edit and should be released shortly.

[@larrytaylor1358]

I'm now convinced of the advantage of a larger bed so the vacuum table can be hybridized for different products that have different requirements.

[@shopsabre]

The bigger the better!

[@davegoss3908]

Hi. I have a pro 408 with the t track vacuum table. Do you have the veteic file for the table vacuum grooves and pin layout available to us ?

[@shopsabre]

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[@steinbierz]

I revisit this video from time to time and have a few more questions. It just occurred to me that you were making this spoilboard on top of an existing one. If you were starting with your primary board and didn't already have a spoilboard yet, what process would you have used to make it. Second, you mentioned making a cover but I didn't see any real reference to why you were doing that. Thanks.

[@shopsabre]

We have a video on creating a spoil board so we encourage you to check it out: www.shopsabre.com/education/educational-videos/?video-search=Spoil+Board

[@steinbierz]

I like the idea! it seems like the hybrid spoilboard would also be beneficial for using the fourth axis...remove the smaller section of spoilboard and then install your fourth axis in the bed's t-tracks.

[@shopsabre]

Absolutely, hybrid spoil board can be useful with a wide range of applications but the 4th Axis is one of the most popular -- it's additionally nice to do it with hardwood / live edge materials

[@golfnlilj]

Router Bob, awesome video. Quick question. On the profile cut out when cutting the spoilboard, i saw it cut from left to right, then right to left instead of starting each pass from the same end. Is there a setting in vcarve to make it do that? Thanks

[@shopsabre]

It’s a raster cut, it’s all automatic on the Vectric software

[@routerbob]

If you are referring to the separation cut, a 1/4" Mortising Compression bit was used with the maximum depth per pass set at 0.5" and a depth of cut at 0.76". I think Vcarve Pro took care of the sequencing automatically. I did not do anything special to make that happen.

[@routerbob]

Jared, I looked into this a little further. That separation cut was an "on line" cut. In one direction it is a climb cut and the other direction it is a conventional cut. If you make a cut that is in/out or left/right, the climb or conventional selection constrains it. If the toolpath requires two or more passes, they have to go in the same direction.

[@golfnlilj]

Thanks Router Bob. Ill have to look into this next time I'm cutting like that. Thanks alot

[@dal2888859]

I don't understand the purpose or application of this set up. Sounds like something i could benefit from with smaller parts but would really appreciate a video on use of such a board set up. Thanks

[@shopsabre]

Thank you for commenting, we did a video showcasing a Guitar Body, these are the type of situations where a vacuum fixture makes sense. By using a hybrid, we can remove the front zone as needed and replace with a fixture setup and then return to nesting without headache.

[@dal2888859]

@@shopsabre thanks will search that