@Croy9000 wrote:
Hey guys. Just ordered a XXL. Very excited. While I wait I have been reading about people’s various solutions for workpiece holding (and bed leveling). After watching Winston Moy’s video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtA_uF4CnVM&t=195s) where he does not level the base spoil board, but instead a supplemental board (which he also installs his threaded inserts into), it got me thinking. His reasoning that leveling a topper instead of the base makes sense. But I wonder if the idea can be improved (and maybe this has already been done by someone)
Instead of drilling and threading inserts into a supplemental board like Winston, I would thread them into the base boards.
Take a supplemental board and drill the same hole pattern (a fare larger for a good tolerance). This is aligned with the base boards and bolted on. This board can now be leveled with a leveling bit. Clamping is done passing the clamp bolt through this board into the base board.
I see a couple of possible advantages here. The supplemental spoil board could be a 1/4" thick instead of 3/4" saving Z height. Also the threaded inserts never have to be redone since they go into the untouched base.
Does this sound viable? Has anyone tried it?
Thanks for any input.
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