Planed a board today using a 3/4" bit: 60 ipm, 9" plunge, .01 DOC. I planed the wasteboard recently so it’s flush to the machine. How can I plane my boards so they don’t have these slight ridges? Decrease stepover % ? My default currently is 40%.
Setup: DeWalt set on 1, 30 min x axis mod.
xWhat type of bit did you use?
Photo 1: Looks like my z axis is square?
If you check out this video… is the only way to deal with this by doing the steel bar mod? I did the 30 min one, but may that’s not enough.
Oh, thanks! Yeah, it’s clear in the back and not front. I think the Dewalt weighs the whole thing forward. I’m going to try to adjust the v wheel nuts, and the slides / mod to compensate for that. If not, I guess I’ll need to do the steel bar mod. 
There is play. If I lift, with some effort, the z will move up and down. I’m trying to figure how to get rid of that, but don’t quite understand how to fix it…
Yup, that’s about .100" of business card stock. It’s amazing how much of a difference the weight of the 611 made.
Good point.
