cnc crashes when cutting 2D profiles in wood

[cropwell]

Have a look on t'interweb for 'toggle clamps'. Ebay sell shitloads from China. Also have a look at this kit from Chronos - Soba M6 Clamping Kit 36 pc (Ref: 120710).

I will have a look at your spindle mounting and get back to the thread. I have significantly bolstered up my spindle mounting, but it just shows everything else wobbles in my Dicey machine. Is there such a thing as engineering viagra? (Just to stiffen everything up).

OK back again : Your spindle mount has a couple of threaded holes doing nothing (is this the same on the other side?) You could probably put in some triangulation there to clamp to the Z axis plate.

Rob-T