While there are lots of people that will cut into their “spoil boards” and or resurface them, I have never been an advocate of doing this.
I have always considered it the “bed” of my machine, and as such it should be completely flat.
However, because of the inherent problems of movement with MDF, I have replaced my bed with aluminum fixture plate.
I ALWAYS use a piece of hard board under whatever I’m cutting to protect the bed. (I did this even before I replaced it)
My Z zero is always from the top of my work piece.
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I use a 1/8 piece of MDF as my pad for my cuts. Then after it has lived its life I use it for cutting stencils.
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JanVanderlinden
Nice setup.
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JanVanderlinden
I’m looking to go to the aluminum bed as well. Florida humidity is making it impossible to keep the MDF from changing daily.
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Bobby,
Take a look at ATP-5 cast fixture plate.
That is what I used for mine.
It has the same specification as Mic 6 plate but cheaper. (your not paying for the Alcoa name)
My whole machine is within ~.005"
Drew.
Thank you.
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Jan, What is the price range?
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Steve,
Its been a couple of years but if I remember correctly it was around $250.00 ish.
I don’t know what size machine you have, but mine is a 750 and I still have the machine print with all the hole locations.
If anyone is interested I will gladly share it.
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What thickness did you get?
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3/8"
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