Levelling my board on the X carve

X-Carve
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Hi, complete rookie here.

I need to level my waste board as I am unable to cut anything out the depth i’ve set.

I’ve scrolled through to try and find a step by step process but cant find one.

Please share with me how to do this including depth/ plunge rate etc

Also I noticed on Easel the colette trimmer that I have to level the board doesnt show up as a selection I can choose?

Thanks for your help guys

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How far out of level is your wasteboard?

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  • Check that your original board relative to Z, adjust for large discrepancy.
  • Mount a sacrifisical board to your Xcarve waste board
  • Use a large flat end mill (3/4" are commonly available)
  • Use the Dewalt at its lowest speed
  • Draw a rectangle in Easel as large as possible that exceed the size of added board
  • Set to Fill and under Machine set stepover =80% (default is 40%)
  • Jog the end mill to the lower left corner, so it is about 1/32" above it.
  • Run the carve at 50 IPM and total depth = 1/16" This is called a skim cut / skimming your waste board

If the entire surface have been touched you now have a X/Y plane that is level relative to the Z-axis.

If only partial surface have been touched run it again, now 1/32" lower than last time. Continue untill the entire surface have been carved :slight_smile:

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Thank you!!!

So I do have my sacrifcial board on top of my wasteboard which has been heavily drilled into in some areas but hopefully will be able to now even it all out.

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No idea, cuts in some areas, doesn’t in others

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Excellent advice shown above. Try to correct any major flaws first before skimming