Keypad Entry

[DustyUsr]

I made a carving yesterday with a cutout afterwords, pattern went find, once the carving was over I put in the Cutting Bit and it asked me to enter the Board Thickness, I typed in 500, it would not take.
How do you enter measurements at the Keypad?
Thanks for all of your great support.

P.S. I am still amazed by this Machine:confused:

[Kenm810]

Just a thought --- did you mean .500 for 1/2" board?

Quote- I typed in 500, it would not take.

[DustyUsr]

Yes, that is correct.

[Skyhawk]

I made a carving yesterday with a cutout afterwords, pattern went find, once the carving was over I put in the Cutting Bit and it asked me to enter the Board Thickness, I typed in 500, it would not take.
How do you enter measurements at the Keypad?
Thanks for all of your great support.

P.S. I am still amazed by this Machine:confused:

You need to specify the thickness of the wood in decimal format... For example:

1/2" - .50
3/4" - .75
1" - 1.0

To enter the . simply use the down arrow!

[DustyUsr]

Great, that is what I was looking for.
Thank you very much from the Great State of Texas!!!
Michael:D

[BobHill]

Actually Jim and Michael, you can also express thickness or any dimensions in fractions, such as 3/32, 1/4, etc. and Designer will automatically convert it to decimals for you. Pretty neat, huh!

Bob Hill
Tampa Florida

[Jeff_Birt]

You can enter fractional board thickness via the machines keypad as well (Just like Bob mentioned you can do in Designer). So for 1/2", you would enter the keys '1' ,'/' ,'2' 'Enter'. You only get this prompt when your workpiece is so wide that the machine can touch the bit down to the rear guide plate.

[Skyhawk]

Actually Jim and Michael, you can also express thickness or any dimensions in fractions, such as 3/32, 1/4, etc. and Designer will automatically convert it to decimals for you. Pretty neat, huh!

Bob Hill
Tampa Florida

Interesting! I learn something new every day here!