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jpshogs
05-20-2013, 02:39 PM
So if I want to cut a pattern that goes all the way through the wood do you put a wood pad under it? How do you secure it to the wood pad? How do you adjust the depth etc.

lynnfrwd
05-20-2013, 03:01 PM
You only put a board underneath, if your project board is .5 or less.

There is a trough, so that the bit never hits a surface when you cut all of the way through. The cut path tool leaves tabs, so that when you make the final cut, you do not have a loose piece floating around in your machine.

jpshogs
05-20-2013, 03:58 PM
So are the trough and the cut path tool special additional materials you need to purchase?

bergerud
05-20-2013, 04:26 PM
By "the trough" Connie means the gap between the traction belts. The bit cannot ever carve the belts because it goes between them. The cut path tool is a software tool in the Designer program that you assign to a closed path to get the machine to cut it out. Nothing to buy!

fwharris
05-20-2013, 06:19 PM
Here is a link to all of the tips and tricks newsletters.. great place to read and learn.

http://www.carvewright.com/support-page/getting-started/tutorials/tips-tricks/

Also designer tutorials, a step by step of creating projects from simple to more advanced. They cover most of the tools..

http://www.carvewright.com/support-page/getting-started/tutorials/software-tutorials/project-designer/