Engraving machine slot technique knowledge

Slot is the safest way according to the sketch of the four direction of the arrow in down milling (within the arrow coverage Clockwise direction) Again, after completion of this four areas along anticlockwise one-time finish the piano body edge groove, such edge knife after previously been down milling area will not be out of the burr problem. If necessary, after by carving machine slot can file use wood trim edge groove is not smooth. Many years ago, most of the manual violin makers are entirely with handheld carving machine to complete the operations, and now most of the studio is using the workbench - carving machine - From heavy industrial equipment to small table use. On the engraving machine work finished edge trough work really is much better than hand-held engraving machine operation. Use caliper carefully set planing depth of engraving machine, and then find a waste over checking planer edge slot and what are you going to use suitability of edge. Planing long fiber radial cutting timber production design, it is easy to appear out of the burr. For example, to guitar piano edge groove, mark the arrows in the diagram below four areas are more likely to be pulled out the burr. Therefore, you should first to climb milling, these four areas which is along the cutting head to grasp the direction of the wood carving machine was pulling movement, from the front of the piano. Engraving machine move clockwise. So that we can avoid the wood is pulled out burr. If you want the mandolin or surface guitar, such as surface design slot, use the engraving machine workbench for small studio is the best solution. On the hole of the cutting tools with double-sided adhesive an appropriate height of wood ring, to raise design to a suitable height, and keep the piano body side and workbench vertical. With bottom surface smooth shaft type clip around the piano body, the piano body stability control at the appropriate level. Stay splint shaft block edge knife can change the position of the clamp. Inversion is fixed in the work of the engraving machine cutting head from a hole out of the workbench worktable surface, jean body need slotted side is face to the table. Method to avoid pulling burr and handheld engraving machine operation is the same, and because of engraving machine is fixed, and you can use both hands to move much more light weight design, so a lot better than the flexibility to design control.