Hopefully this means the end of two sided carpet tape and spring clamps. I have now made six of these. The first came out awesome, but the following 3 were cut too shallow. I finished these with a drill sander. So, I had one which was pristine, and 3 which were a bit wonky. Regardless though, I had 4 hold downs, and that was enough to hold the work with 4 points. So, I decided to make a couple more with the new hold downs. These came out beautifully. I noticed another difference between the hold down and the clamp experiences, and that is how solid the hold downs made everything. I mean, this makes sense as CNC is all about precision, and if you have your work area floating about, it is not going to come out right. Period. What I am learning is that really small spaces / differences / things just slightly askew, are not really small at all. These things result in some pretty big issues. So, I guess my focus needs to be learning how to measure, move, and position thing exactly where I want them, then how to line up the machine to start exactly where I want it to.
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