ChopSaw: Simulate a ChopSaw on your ShopBot

Overview...This beta of a new Virtual Tool simulates a ChopSaw, to crosscut, cut miters, and cut grooves at any angle up to 89 degrees from perpendicular. The board must be parallel to the X axis and all angles are relative to the Y axis, so 0 degrees is a crosscut.

I struggled with how to define the depth of cut and the ZZeroing point, and decided that it makes more sense to have the depth referenced off of the table surface so the Z-zero point is at the table surface as well. That way you don't have to know the exact thickness of your material to be sure that you cut through, and can handle small variations in material thickness without redoing the file. This makes sense to me, but I can be persuaded to do it differently if there's a compelling reason to do it differently!

Notes...None

Contact info...Bill Young

Download size...16k

Project Type...Virtual Tool beta

Additional equipment/software required...None

Special instructions...Download the zip file from the link below and unzip it. You can put this file anywhere that you want and then click to run. The part file that's created is saved in the same folder as the

Known Issues...None

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Confidence is a measure of how far along a project is in the opinion of the person that created it. If it only has 1 star then it's very rough, more likely to not work than to work correctly. 4 stars means that they think it's ready for prime time and just needs a little more feedback or testing. A 5 means that it's all done...you won't see any "5 star" projects in ShopBot Labs because at that point it's ready for release!

Completeness really goes hand in hand with Confidence and is the measure of how complete they feel the Project download is. It could include important things like if there are instructions or help files available, but also might reflect if there are sample files or even simple things like a lack of icons or graphics.