Squaring Plate Question

[rjustice]

couldnt you just draw a square line across a wide board with a pencil,
install the carving bit and lower it and place it on the pencil line on the keyboard side and line it up. then turn off your machine and manually push the ztruck across the board to the other side and push the z truck down the see if it hits the line. ihave used this to method to check my machine for square.

kendall

Yep, this would work too... it just may be a little harder to see v/s seeing the edge of the tool up against a square, but it would get you pretty close. An indicator would get you exact. (within the accuracy of your square, and the feel of getting the square against the rail)... Im sure your method would get you close enough for what is trying to be accomplished.

[Dan-Woodman]

Or just cut a 2" dado x 1/8" deep across the grain of a board say--10-14" wide on the end and check it with your favorite framing square from both exdges.
later Daniel That will also tell if your "SQUARE IS SQUARE"

[mfdchief]

Lots of great ideas, thanks guys. I used a shallow crosscut across a piece of ply and used the saw kerf as my guide. I was off a little more than 1/32 in 13 inches across the y axis. Doesn't seem like much and I'm sure it was the result of my modification to the squaring plate for the rubber belts. Hopefully the screws will stay tight enough without loctite now that everything is square.

Mark

[Steven Alford]

Thanks for your suggestions guys, they are all great.