Hi, My first job on my brand spanking new Workbee 1515 has been to level my spoilboard. In my opinion this is an absolute must-do for every new build. Eyeballing the 16mm spoilboard told me it was perfect. It is screwed to three lateral 2080 extrusions, so it MUST be level, right? WRONG. I used my trusty $40 dial indicator screwed to the router mount. I measured every 100mm, and my left panel varied from 0.028 to 0.105 over the 1270 length. So I used the bed levelling wizard in CONTROL, and selected 0.25mm DOC. Most of the bed wasn't even touched, but it turns out that the right hand panel was a full 3mm too high. Just as well I was conservative. I'll have to do at least another pass to make sure the cutter touches the entire spoilboard. Bit: 22mm straight Carbide Speed: lowest setting on the Makita (8600 rpm) Feed: 2000mm/minutes DOC: 0.25mm Lessons: 1. Do it. 2. Don't get impatient by either using too deep DOC or too high a spindle speed 3. Use a very sharp bit. My MDF came off in flakes, not powder 4. Be prepared to do this twice, or even three times. You'll be thankful in the end.
