To Big For My Table

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dcruze
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To Big For My Table

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I need to route a part that is bigger than my table. Does anyone know how to register a piece, route it, move it and then register it again so it lines up and cuts perfectly?

I have heard of people doing this, but I don't know what it is called and I can't find it online.

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Look at the 10th one down called "Tile Toolpaths"
http://www.vectric.com/support/training ... -mach.html
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One more thing after your review the tutorial...if you are tiling in the long direction only (X for me)...I found it works well to drill for a 1/4 inch dowel on zero, and every tile right side borderline, drilling at same Y=0 . At the zero position I drill into my spoil board about 1/2 inch. After the first tile is done, I move the material so that the 1/4 hole at the right tile borderline is at zero - place a dowel through there for perfect registration. You can even use a dowel at the right tile border (drill into table) to make sure it is absolutely perfect. Hope this is clear.

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Tutorial D02 on this page shows Toolpath Tiling for the current versions of Aspire/VCP. The Tiling tool hasn't changed but the other tabs have.

http://support.vectric.com/tut-vcp-2d-techniques

If you do a search for Toolpath Tiling from the main webpage (http://www.vectric.com/) you can find a few threads with additional tips and techniques.

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Thanks a lot, that is what I was looking for. I will give it a try with the dowel rods.

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http://www.youtube.com/user/cncnutz
Peter makes some YouTube videos on CNC stuff one he did lately talks about how to do this
Entertaining and instructional
8)
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Post by Leo »

sawmiller wrote:http://www.youtube.com/user/cncnutz
Peter makes some YouTube videos on CNC stuff one he did lately talks about how to do this
Entertaining and instructional
8)
Dan

That was GREAT --- I will definitely watch more of his videos
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