I have a basement now instead of just an apartment! So I’m finally setting up my MCNC I built around 2 years ago for woodworking. I never got a chance to use it for wood, so I never properly affixed a wasteboard to it.
Do you all have any advice on the best way to solidly attach the wasteboard? Should I just screw it into the main bottom board with wood screws? That doesn’t seem like a good long term solution.
I’ve attached a photo of my wasteboard system complete with M5 threaded inserts for clamping - hooray! It’s sitting on top of the main board that I previously used. What would you do? I’m probably overthinking this…
I put inserts into the table top and used button head 1/4" x 1 1/4"bolts in a pocketed slot of the waste board. Used the router to cut the holes in the table and in the spoil board so I can repeat it for replacements. Seemed like it would be a bit better at distributed more evenly than just smaller screws.
I used 18mm ply as my base to which the CNC is attached, fitted another board on top of that which is screwed to the base. Then I added another board (my true sacrificial waste board) on top of that. Sounds ridiculous but it works for me.
Could you provide a picture? Sounds like my solution with 2x12mm plywood base screwed to the frame and then the spoil board on top of that. I am currently deciding on how to attach the spoil board which have like 8x7 inserts. I need to drill as many holes in the ply so that I can use clamp screws and then I think I’ll attach the board to the ply and not the frame. Ah well…
