CNC Spoilboard Leveling: Manual Gcode Editing

Shows the process I used to level the spoilboard of my CNC machine. I needed to manually edit the gcode produced by Fusion360 to precisely control the tool path I wanted to run.

[@catexis]

This is _exactly_ what I needed, thanks so much for documenting your approach. I (like you) have had multiple iterations trying to find the best one, glad to have someone to have gone before me in finding a solution!

[@catexis]

Also for others coming across this - the editor within ncviewer has a find and replace function

[@stevehunt4440]

Great Video, hope to follow in your footsteps.

[@chrisauger9777]

Great video, waiting for delivery of my Onefiniity CNC machine. I'm getting ready to build the table and I wonder why so many don't address this issue. Thanks!

[@davidkrikota4404]

Хороша робота, Класне відео

[@minskmade]

great video. nice cnc build. i buy some parts from avid cnc also..

[@andrewdeslippe9656]

I use the program Vcarve. Much easer than Fusion. good simulation and tool paths.

[@OldePhart]

Just went through a similar process for my spoilboard. I was determined to write the gcode from scratch without using any CAM. I got it to work fine but I discovered a difference between the Hobby version of Mach4 and the Industrial version. The Fanuc B (I think that was what it was called) set of instructions is not supported in the hobby version. So from a programmer's perspective I was frustrated because iterative statements like WHILE DO work in the online simulators, but not in Mach4 Hobby and the error issued is not helpful.

[@buildbug3979]

Ugh that's a painful lesson. That's good to know. Thanks for sharing this information.