Surfacing the spoil board

[Rickv100]

What is the best way to pocket the spoil board to get it in the same plane as the router?

I tried using the pocket wizard in Mach3 but could not get it to work.

I have V-Carve Pro.

Should I just create the spoil board as a peice of material and just set it to pocket the entire surface?

Any suggestions what to seal the MDF with?

Thanks,
Rick

[Broken Balsa]

Originally Posted by Rickv100 What is the best way to pocket the spoil board to get it in the same plane as the router? I tried using the pocket wizard in Mach3 but could not get it to work. I have V-Carve Pro. Should I just create the spoil board as a peice of material and just set it to pocket the entire surface? Any suggestions what to seal the MDF with? Thanks, Rick

Best thing I have found to seal MDF with is shellac. I use bulls eye brand..Ron BB

[j_wizard]

I Just Draw a rectangle 48.25" x 96.25" using Turbocad, and load the DXF file to DeskCNC and Pocket the rectangle. I overlap the bit by about 15%. You can adjust the size for your machine.

[Drools]

There is an App someone wrote to automatically generate the gcode to surface your spoil board. It takes the table size, bit size, stepover and Z depth as varables. I will look the URL tonight.

[ger21]

This?

http://www.cnczone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=28723

[Drools]

ya that is the one, thanks Gerry for finding it.
Now I can spend an extra 5 minutes making a PCB on my router