I suggest testing front and back tram BEFORE left to right tram. Because if you need to shim the spindle mount or Z axis mount itself, you're going to have to redo left to right tram anyway since you loosened the Z axis.

Very cool man... Thanks for the humor along the way!

Great tutorial, Nathan. Very well done man.

Outstanding alignment video!! I picked up so much technique from your video. Thanks!

One of the easiest and most accurate methods of tramming is to ... 1. Center the spindle on your frame, workpiece or spoilboard 2 Obtain an aluminum rod or thick aluminum wire half the width of your machine bed 3. Bend the rod 90 degrees about an inch from one end so the tip can be chucked in the spindle. It will look like a huge fly cutter. 4. Lower the spindle until the rod almost touches the surface. 5. Rotate 360 degrees, noting the distance the rod is above the surface. 6. Adjust the spindle so the wire is the same distance above the surface in all positions of rotation. Using this method you can easily obtain accuracies way beyond anything you will ever need. For example, if you can dial in the rotational plane within 1/32" that equals less than 0.15 degree error if the radius of the rod is 24". Obviously you can dial it in even closer if you wish. PS: This is the method I use for dialing in the tram for cnc milling machines and am able to obtain less that 3 minutes of error consistantly. The error you receive will have more to do with your referance surface than the technique. Aluminum is used to minimize magnetic effects.

One of the simplest and most enlightening video about cnc router final calibration available in youtube. The best I've ever seen. Thank you!

If you ever redo this video, it'd be nice to see some instructions for what to do if your switches are not aligned correctly. As it stands, it's kinda "Hey, this machine is square, if yours isn't, I dunno, fix it it I guess" ;)

Great tutorial. Thank you.

Great channel.

Very informative!

Great instructional. I do think it would help to show what bad tramming looks like instead of just the already-perfect version, so we know what is good and what's bad. But a great video anyway :)

nice video... i have a mechmate and this will help most of the mach 3 machines out there.

So is it possible to build a router this small for granite just to cut out sink holes ?

Can this be adapted to cut metal with an everlast plasma cutter?

Hi. I just subscribed. I found your information very interesting, I planned to do a CNC. Regarding the calibration of the auto-square gantry, what do you think. Would it be better not to do the CNC with the two motors on the sides and instead, place a single motor in the middle, either with a spindle or band? I believe, that would avoid that movement. Thank you.

Why is it necessary to level the unit to the floor? it seems to me the gantry moves along the metal frame , if the entire unit was set to a 20 deg angle the gantry is still level with the unit itself and it wouldn’t matter cause the gantry doesn’t ride along the floor

Why not use an "Indicol with an Indicator "attached to tram the spindle? Extremely accurate and fast. Thank you for this video.

Why not just jack it to level, then lower the feet so the jack it no longer supporting it?

Thanks Nathan. Just The cnc setup info I was looking for. I have a smaller machine but should use a similar process?

Pode fazer outro vídeo, alinhamento do esquadro. Mais detalhado.

Hi, do you have the script home

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Why not use a tramming gauge? Less messy and more accurate.

Is there an option for 2 or 4 heads on your larger machines.

How does that sideways tramming nut work?? The one you tighten with the wrench

I'm curious why are you not levelling the basic table structure before adding on the extra heavy weight of the gantry + spindle + control boxes. Surely the use of a jack in jacking up at 1 end of a 600lb structure is just putting on all sorts of unnecessary flexing and strain on various parts of the structure / bolts/screws and joints. Just a thought.

When you say "which side the ridges are formed will indicate if the spindle needs to be adjusted clockwise or counter-clockwise." can you clarify? If they were on one side, adjust which way?

Wintergatan got me here.

OMG this seems like a lot just to get it aligned.

Is there a video that shows the logic on adjusting the stops when the machine isn't square?

Hey I have a ton of the aluminium extrusions used in this machine (made in germany) is it worth anything??

Hello CV thank you for your work and thank you very much for your work. Is what you can do me a favor

CNC toolset? I looked on your website but I don't see a toolset?

I might be overthinking this but wouldn’t having the adjustment plate on the portion that moves potentially lead to cuts being skewed to one side?

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Disconnect switch must be installed on the port not on the side! Safety first!

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3:20 wait there's two yous ?

Can I ask why you don't want to level the table to the floor? Why are we levelling to gravity? Surely if one foot is at a funny point, then the frame can twist slightly?

Hello. May I ask you, what is it the machine. Company producer name and model name. Thank you in advance.

A tape measure for homing switches lol. Umm no. Dial caliper.

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LOL a Harbor Freight jack.