cutting all the way through

[jpshogs]

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]

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]

So are the trough and the cut path tool special additional materials you need to purchase?

[bergerud]

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]

Here is a link to all of the tips and tricks newsletters.. great place to read and learn.

http://www.carvewright.com/support-p...s/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-p...ject-designer/