@Ton80 wrote:
Hi everyone,
I build cabinets and my typical door size is 12" wide and 32" tall. This led me to choose the SO3 XXL as my choice of machine.
Having assembled my machine I have started to look at the ways I will set up my jigs/waste board and alignment guides to make quick work of repeatedly placing board because with my cabinets, I have two doors and when all is said and done… I need to make sure the designs line up when the two doors are attached to the cabinet box.
So… I am on the waste board portion of my journey right now. I have cut a second piece of MDF 39"x39" and placed it down on the stock MDF surface. I have marked out the X axis extent of travel and I am going to secure the edges with screws without much more than just slight countersinking since I know the machine can’t cut out past these marks I made. I’ll do the same along the back end. Then form the front and along the cuttable area, I will be sure to countersink screws at least 3/8". So far, so good I think.
Where I am confusing myself and I really want to get this right the first time is how I want to set up to run my jobs. Obviously, I want to place my door blanks on the wasteboard so it is square to the Spindle travel along X/Y axis. Best way to do this seems to be to mill a 1/4" groove that will be used as a guide to line up two edges of my blanks… So far, seems about right.
But, since I have to OVERHANG my blanks in order to utilize the full capacity of the machine it seems that working my preferred zero point of the lower left might not be the best choice since I would need a 3rd piece of MDF which could overhang. Maybe I am better going with the stock home position and setting my projects up that way?
I am not too crazy about that though because the way I set my machine up, the back edge ( which is the stock Zero point ) is against a basement wall and that means everything will run upside down to my view of the machine… if that makes sense to you from the way I am looking at it?
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