Still learning, so please be gentle… I want to make a pretty simple bit. On the one side (bottom), it has a 7mm deep pocket that will sit over an existing base. The bottom run will also cut out the contour of the piece. Then I need to flip it over so that, on the other side (top), I can cut a coupl…

[image] Some info on cnc tool changes and combo cnc/laser projects Snapmaker 2.0 @brent113 asked me a few questions about my process for cnc & laser. It was in response to some of the pieces I’d posted in this thread: Multi tool projects We thought it would probably be go…

[image] rlrcstr: Still learning Your question has nothing really to do with Snapmaker specifically; you’d have exactly the same issue with a manual mill and operations on both sides. The very short answer: 1) pick datum references 2) build a jig. Which datum references you pick to locate you…

I appreciate that my issue isn’t SnapMaker specific. Are you suggesting, with that comment, that I should have used a different forum? Maybe getting started? I am working on a jig, now. The complication is that the original stock isn’t square and the first pass cuts the piece out, so the second pas…

while not specific to this machine, it has a lot of good CNC tips in it: Introduction - Shapeoko CNC A to Z

[image] rlrcstr: Are you suggesting, with that comment, that I should have used a different forum? Maybe getting started? No, not exactly. If you want to use another forum, there are several hobbyist machining ones (both manual and CNC) where there are plenty of experienced people around to h…

[image] rlrcstr: The complication is that the original stock isn’t square and the first pass cuts the piece out, so the second pass is on a different size stock. Datum references need not be on the edges; they can be on the interior. A pair of holes can be held to position by a pair of dowel …

This is definitely the right place to ask. There are other places that are better for learning and have more info (or at least already have the info laid out) and as @brent113 did, we’ll sometimes send you there. Or to other discussions on this forum as I did. But there really isn’t any reason tha…

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Double sided milling alignment

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