Yesterday I got the Bot squared up and installed the table, and milled it flat. I used a sheet of 3/4" cabinet grade plywood and two (oversize by 1 inch) sheets of 3/4" MDF. I screwed both sheets of MDF down together to the base using 1-5/8" coarse thread drywall screws.
Last night I generated tool paths and cut a 5"x7" Jagermeister logo but I won't post pics due to copyright. Fun project cut with two V-Carve tool-paths, and a 60 degree 1" diameter V bit. Got to use the trace bitmap feature in Vcarve Pro.
The following is a keyboard tray I designed, generated tool paths for, and cut today, and is a part of a larger project. Tomorrow I will make a mount for my LCD, and a swivel stand that will be bolted to the bot, and will support the keyboard tray and LCD mount.
In this project I got to run quite a number of different tool-paths, setup as two files, with two bits. Also much larger using a 24"x48" piece of 3/4" MDF.
I started with a 60 degree 1" diameter V bit and squared/zeroed my X/Y using the bits sharp point. With that bit installed I ran a file with V-Carve tool-paths to cut my lettering and pilot/countersink holes for screws to hold the sheet down.
The rest of the project was cut with a 1/2" straight bit. In order the file ran a drilling, then pocketing, and then profile paths with tabs for the through cuts. The circular cutouts were setup as pockets so the waste would be cut out with no need to tab or hold down.
I then cut out the tabs with my bosh colt laminate trimmer with a 3/8" flush trim bit.
Probably got a bit of carried away with this as you will see in the pictures, but I have never had so much fun with woodworking.
Bonus prize if you can find the broken quick grip on the floor in one of the pictures. Broke it with the bot yesterday
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Originally Posted by james mcgrew
