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**EddyCurrent** · 29-12-2013

Mike,
Welcome, have you tried it out and found it's unacceptable ? when you say 'router run-out' are you meaning the Trend router or the whole machine ?

**Doddy** · 29-12-2013

Originally Posted by EddyCurrent

Mike,
Welcome, have you tried it out and found it's unacceptable ? when you say 'router run-out' are you meaning the Trend router or the whole machine ?

It's still early days at the moment (I'm working indoors, so I need wife-friendly time to play with the router). I've tried some manual g-code and demonstrated that I can generate 1mm tracks easily enough, but I need to get some set-up time to get better results at the sub-mm routing (with 60degree engraving bits) that I'd need for SMD (an attempt at 0.5mm failed abysmally with the track being ripped from the FR4). The edges of cuts are a little ragged, but my cut is currently too deep, which may not be helping. Whether I have a problem or not, or if I do whether it's the router, or the whole machine, I'm not yet sure - hence the reason I'm here to read up and get as much understanding as I can before asking some uninformed questions. My main focus atm is whether a router is necessarily the best tool for this - I can find no data on the uniformity of this, and in the back of my mind I'm thinking this is a general DIY type of router... maybe there's affordable alternatives out there.

There's plenty for me to go at in the short term, but thought I'd quickly introduce myself here before lurking too deep into the forums.

**JAZZCNC** · 29-12-2013

Originally Posted by EddyCurrent

Mike,
Welcome, have you tried it out and found it's unacceptable ? when you say 'router run-out' are you meaning the Trend router or the whole machine ?

Don't ask questions like that Eddy they just get me in trouble.!!