One thing to note here is that on previous models of Shapeokos folks used to install a supplementary MDF wasteboard on top of the MDF bed because…while the MDF end could have been used as a sacrificial wasteboard, replacing it was not easy nor convenient (you would basically have to disassemble the machine back then).

I didn’t want to mess up the hybrid table so thats why i made a separate spoilboard as I will be doing 3d carving (hopefully) and I had seen a lot of people put spoilboards on top of their Shapeoko’s default table. Lastly, unless there’s something specific about using the threaded inserts for your work, I’d really suggest giving the Hybrid T-track a try - it’s really amazing, and the spacing almost always can be made to work w/ the various clamps we sell - if it doesn’t fit naturally, it can usually be made to work w/ a couple of cauls and a few pieces of scrap material.

bolt it down, pulling it reasonably flat - my suggestion would be to use the T-tracks for securing thingsįWIW, I tried the array of threaded inserts a couple of times - I vowed that if I ever did it again, I’d set it up so that I could either access the underside and install the hardware from underneath, or use hardware suited to installation from above, and that I would only drill and install holes on an as-needed, where-needed basis - that way I’d be sure that a given hole/insert was used at least once.

spray the underside/sides w/ spar urethane - at least two coats.

Rather than try to remove the hardware, my inclination would be to:

What can I seal it with to prevent this from happening again ?Īlso is there any easy way to get 240 t-nuts out of MDF ? I need to get them out of this warped spoilboard.Īnd finally I got my Tramming gauge today, should I be tramming before or after trying to level the spoilboard as my previous spoilboard attempt resulted in very noticeable vertical ridging across the entire spoilboardĪnd finally how do I secure this spoilboard to my hybrid table ? Do I need to drill holes into the aluminum extrusions or just screw it into the hybrid tables MDF boards ? Prior to surfacing it, it had not done this, so the surfacing apparently caused it to bow so now it looks like I will have to make a new spoilboard. The next day I went back downstairs to work on the spoilboard again and from about the center to the right hand side it bowed up off the table. The surfacing did not go as planned and some issues occurred.

I did make a spoilboard and it maintained being flat until I surfaced the top of it. I want to use a Spoilboard on top of my Shapeoko XXL Pro.

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