Hey guys, I was having some trouble with some of my finer detailing lately. The lines appear to go shallower towards the center of the project. I thought that it was possible an issue with the spoilboard, so I went ahead and resurfaced the spoilboard.
Once I did that I noticed tramming lines along the outside of the board only. Towards the center of the board, it flattens it, and there are not any lines, but along both of the outsides of the x axis, I’m getting some harsh lines.
For reference, I have a 4x4 machine from when avid
was “CNC Router parts” back in 2016.
Please give us a update on what you have found to be the reason. I put blue Loctite on nearly every bolt except the waste board I know it’s not a guarantee but it might help prevent a shake loose bolt or two…
Well, I’ve got to admit my dumb mistakes on this one. I saw hoofs and thought zebra. After checking every single bolt, adjuster, and measuring every single axis, it all measured pretty spot on.
Turns out, my dust shoe was the issue, and at the edges are where the bristles fell off the edge of the spoilboard and caused issues. Removed the dust shoe, reran it, and everything came out good!
Time to design and build a dust shoe that is independent of the z axis
I guess so, when I measure the lines on the side, they were the same as the dust shoe. I think when the edge of the shoe passed over the side of the table, it cause I little bit of canter on the router.
And the shoe assembly I built is fixed to the plate behind the router now and I’m not having any issues
Avid came out with a new one (not sponsored) 
