rvs002 posted 4 years ago

Tried to make this twice but the lip ends up being stripped off by the 1/4 inch bit. Might try making the lip thicker.

jeclark posted 4 years ago

The lip should be about .2 inches thick. Are you seeing something different in your carves? Also curious, what kind of wood?

rvs002 posted 4 years ago

I used oak and just went with your files. Tried twice. I'm not wondering if my z is ever so slightly tilted one way or another and that is causing it. I tried to use a gauge and it appears to be straight, but I can't understand why it would do that. Really want to get this down as it is such a simple cut but so useful for so many kinds of gifts. I'll go back and watch your videos again and try again with some plywood scraps. Thanks for all your videos and guides, really helpful stuff.

jeclark posted 4 years ago

I am glad you enjoy them. One of the things I found when I first got my machine, was that I didn't tighten the wheels on the z-axis enough and it would wiggle when it cut. if you can grab the bit and wiggle the z axis (front to back), they definitely need to be tightened. Hope this helps.

rvs002 posted 4 years ago

Those are all tight and I check them frequently. I learned the hard way after one was loose and I ruined a nice piece of walnut. I need to watch a couple of tramming videos and see if I can get it straightened out. I usually make big stuff where being a few hundredths out doesn't matter (names, signs, guitars, etc.). You would think after all that I could figure out a box lol. I did get one made out of a plywood scrap after making the lips a little wider and slowing way down, although there was a big gap between the top and bottom. Upon re-watching your video I noticed one lip is .20 and the other should be .21. In the file here the .2 is there, but the other is at .384 (which I believe is CC's default depth). Not a big deal since I was using scrap, but you might want to update the file or put a note in there to have folks change it. Thanks again for your box designs...I'm going to try all of them as they are great learning projects and actually very useful, unlike some other tutorial files!

jeclark posted 4 years ago

You are correct on the box lip depth. That darn default has bitten me more than once. If I see a value, I assume I set it. Sigh. I have added a note since I don't see any way to replace the files.

SteveLabuta posted 4 years ago

Hi John, I just created 2 of these boxes for X-mas presents. I made the one correction you posted and also slightly enlarged the top lip cut out. (by .005 in both dimensions) Works well. I used a hard maple and needed to slow down the feed rate and reduce the depth of cut some. I'd post a picture here, but I don't see how I can.... Thanks for the design and ideas, and the youtube stuff. It has helped me get started.

jeclark posted 4 years ago

Glad you like them. Thanks Steve!

Gyrogyro posted 4 years ago

Hi John, I just made one of your boxes out of red wood. Cut out very nice. I did read about the lip being too deep, but cut it anyway--oh my. My stock was 1" thick, so I added .25" to the pocket cuts, and trimmed the lip shorter when I put in the holding fixture to cut the top. Thank you--Pete

jeclark posted 4 years ago

Thanks Pete!

Llama posted 2 years ago

Hi John,just downloaded the file and notice one glaring issue in that the pocket is not clearing out the inside, now I am on CC 611 could this be an issue

patrickbrock1983 posted 11 months ago

Downloaded the files, but there's no toolpaths. Interesting that nothing on this one and others there are. Any help?