Probe imbedded into the spoilboard

[rpjamess1 (Ryan J.)]

Someone else here on the forum has done it and stated he hasn’t had to surface in a while.

Setting Z-axis origin to the spoilboard

After quite a lot of experimenting and then cutting parts using Estlcam and setting the z-axis origin to the Machine bed with the aid of my z-probe (Setup/Basic settings…) I still have an almost perfectly unblemished spoilboard. If you set the z-axis origin to the Machine bed, Estlcam does the rest. The only difference is Estlcam asks you how thick your stock is. It is vital, however, that you surface your spoilboard very well (I did so three times, just to make sure, taking off .5mm each tim…