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Making a spoilboard - The do's and dont's

James Dean Designs 18,471 11 months ago
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I make a spoilboard (wasteboard) for my LongMill Mk2 and talk you through some of the best practices I do and worst mistakes to avoid. We talk about some of the different types of spoilboard you can make and ultimately why I go with the one in this video. LongMill MK2 https://bit.ly/48T8QG4 Spetool 1 1/4 surfacing bit - https://amzn.to/3OZnqnD Spetool 1in surfacing bit - https://amzn.to/3syRi2J Spetool beginners bit set - https://amzn.to/45F19Th Other surfacing bits - https://amzn.to/3BxDAzp 150+ Fluting Profiles https://jamesdeandesigns.com/shop/ Carveco Maker https://store-us.carveco.com/?ref=JDDesigns Discount code JAMESDEANDESIGNS CNCWITHME https://www.cncwithme.com Discount code JAMESDEANDESIGNS Jenny Bits https://www.cadencemfgdesign.com/?ref=JDDesigns 10% off code: JAMESDEANDESIGNS ***Update*** I should have been clearer in my video - if you are going to tram your spindle first (which can be beneficial), it needs to be to a flat surface like Mark shows in this video by using a pane of glass https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzFPadoZH5Q&t=680 If you want to become a patron for one to one help, early video access and quarterly giveaways then head to https://www.patreon.com/JamesDeanDesigns If you want to help the channel but do not want to become a Patreon, you can contribute directly: https://www.paypal.me/jamesdeandesigns 00:00 Intro 00:18 Different types of spoilboards 02:24 Best material to use 03:04 Height of your machine 03:33 Size of your work area 05:15 How big to make your spoilboard and how to lay it out 08:41 Dry run of my layout 09:28 How to hold it down 10:43 Surfacing the spoilboard 11:57 What bits to use 13:13 Dust and dust shoes 14:08 Doing a second pass 14:39 Tramming the spindle 17:45 Alignment grid 18:05 Should you seal the board?

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