Fantastic series John. My 1515 is due in about 3 weeks and the butterflies have already arrived. Great to see you going step by step through the process and doing such a good job of it.

Hi John, Wonderfull series. You're getting quite proficient with the CAD software. Nice Job. Great series. Can't wait to see some 3D work.

Hi John. Looking to buy a Workbee CNC Router. Spent the evening viewing your series of videos. Very informative & certainly a very well uncluttered explanation of how to & not do the assembly of one of Ooznests Units. Thank you.

Wonderful. Thanks. I have a lot to learn.

You won’t be the first nor the last to run the bit straight through the material I done it loads of times. Good video thanks. I’m guessing some sort of peg system for holding guitars bodies and parts?

When you center your files, hit F9 and that move your selection perfectly to the middle.

Hi John I noticed you posted this 3 yr ago, what is your thoughts on the machine I am about to place an order for the exact same machine as you have All the best Bernie

Why do you use 57mm offset for the spacing on the holes why not 50mm ?

Could u plz help John looking at your Work position they are all minus when i home they are not can u plz help my understand why

Hey John. I'm thinking about buying a workbee for guitar making. Have you put yours to use for this yet and how did it go? I'm wondering if 750x750 enough or if 1000x750 would be better. A video of your experiences would be fantastic.

Great job so far John. If that is as much as damage that you will to you spoil board then you are going to be golden. The first time I set my CNC up and turned it on for a test to flatten the spoil board, the CNC became possessed. Slammed down and ate through the spoil board and then and just started to moved laterally. It did no damage to the unit other than chew marks on the bed and the spoil board. It did trash the $200 bit quite nicely though. I have had my machine for six years now and have not had a repeat performance. The odd part is that I still have no idea what went wrong. I have used the same file many times since to resurface with no issues. Do you have all the files you need for a guitar yet? There is a project for quite a nice guitar neck on the Vectric website.

I have another question John - My workbee is the 1000mm x 750mm version. Advised spoiler board size is 610mm x 1000mm, which I have cut and am ready to fix. The work area is 520mm x 770mm. So after surfacing the spoil board there will be a small step around the border of the spoil board. This just doesn’t sit right with me as I might have a job that requires the work piece to be clamped just outside the work area. Then again I could change the orientation of the work piece. Have you found this to be an issue?

hi John great video what inserts did you use and where did you get them from ? have you got a part number regards ian

Hello John. Good and interesting series. Can a laser head be added to this machine? Regards Frederick

Hi John. I have watched all of your videos on setting up the workbee, I just got the z1+, I have been trying to copy your spoiler board but I’m getting a milling time of 14 hours. Looks like my feed rate is way out but how do I figure out a better feed rate? Can you share your end mill settings please?

Hi John, you said M6 x 13mm in the video. I read a comment on this thread and you said they are 8mm in length? I’m hoping to do similar and have found a pack of 50 in screwfix (M6x13mm) If you’d be able to confirm that would be great - I’m going to use 18mm MDF as the spoiler board...

When inserting the Threaded insert underneath the spoiler board, is there a chance they could be loosened when securing (screwing) a clamp on the top of the spoiler board? Are there a particular threaded insert that would avoid this from happening?

Thank you very much for this awesome series. Sorry but I didn't understand quite right about the part you add the threaded inserts. How deep they are from the surface? I was worried that surfacing the spoilerboard would hit those inserts. Thanks

Hi John, I'm looking to make this spoiler board for my new Workbee. I've followed the stages but my cutting time is coming up at 2 hours 22minutes and 57 seconds! Any ideas why it is saying it would take so long? Cheers. ... and thanks again for the Assembly guides - I found them the perfect accompaniment to the Oozenest manuals.

Is one able to follow this process using Vecrtric Cut2D Pro?

Enjoyed very much thank you very informative I am always a bit mithered with flatness and level so I am always routinely using my small spirit level to check jobs why not make yourself regularly check jobs with a level???? Best wishes Ian Cullen

Where do you download the Workbee control panel? I only have access to the duet web controller just now. I have just built my machine and the spoiler board arrives tomorrow so I should be making my first attempt at a cut soon

Hi John me again I’m just trying to cut my 8 mm holes and mine is saying a run time of 7 hours ish? This is my first time using my machine so probably done something wrong it’s a 1510. The job needed 20 columns and 15 rows regards Andy

Did you tram the router ?

i need similar board make my first DIY cnc but i not have any software can make G-code to machine. can you make to me G-code ? my board size have 600x700, need 6mm holes all sheet. but first need home have left down, then left and down need fence holes, additional fence can srew this corner, 0,0 point offset 10,10 row space 100mm X corner and same Y corner/side. then move sheet 0,0 zero point to 20,20 (normal 0,0 point have this 20,20 point) and make 6mm holes all sheet space 50x50. ok, my machine have linuxcnc DIY worksheet need be 600x700. and if all this holes has made, need flip sheet and backside need make same 6mm hole 20mm pocket, ewery 6mm hole point same 6mm hole need make 8mm dia pocket 8mm deep . i use hammer nuts these. need little deep 3mm pocket ewery 6mm hole. then ready. i not can made G-code not have FREE software all not working my computer raspberry pi4 raspian linux OS. not have windows computer in home.