ShopBot Cutting Dovetails

ShopBot PRSalpha cutting dovetails in hard Maple drawer sides

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Science & Technology

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• ShopBot
• Dovetail
• CNC

[Islaww1]

All the info you should need is posted in my column (address below)

[ad221282]

I just get one of these but ,what kind of program can i use to design ?

[Islaww1]

@ad221282

If your machine is a ShopBot, you can use the file I designed for your cutting. There is an article posted on the ShopBot website, People page, Gary's Musings.

[scottbeowolf]

I have a similar machine, (prt alpha 96), how did you generate the toolpath? Did you use a specific program that considers the dovetail bit and outputs a .sbp? I love the 90 fixture you have there, did you make that yourself? Nice work!

[Islaww1]

@scottbeowolf

I wote a .sbp file to do the cutting

You can get more info on my ShopBot Web Column. Scroll down to the dovetail jig.

SB website>people>Gary's Musings>Dovetail

[jhbbunch]

How did you get the gantry to 'overshoot' the end of the table, because normally cnc routers aren't designed to do that. Nice clean design BTW. I'm impressed.

[Islaww1]

jhb

One of the good things about a ShopBot is that you have flexibility to do things like this. I can cut to -2.5" on the end shown and to 97.5 on the other end. About 100 inches of cutting length.

Thanks for the kind words.

[drosas85]

Nice workholding. What kind of clamps are those?

[i3ds]

Cool video... although I come from the laser world, I'm very impressed by the capabilities offered by CNC Routers.

Jon

[simianwarthog]

Neat work.