T—01 / Surfacing

Slab Flattener

Surface a warped slab or your spoilboard. Enter the stock and bit, watch the toolpath run, then grab the G-code. The bit always starts and finishes off the wood.

Stock

Units

Millimetres Inches

Length X Width Y Slab corner X Slab corner Y

Where the slab's front-left corner sits relative to your X0 Y0. Leave at 0 if you zero on that corner.

Z zero is set on

Top of slab Spoilboard

Slab thickness

Bit & path

Bit diameter

Stepover% Edge overlap

Raster direction (cut along)

X axis ⟷ Y axis ↕

Pattern

Zig-zag One-way

Cross-hatch passesAlternate X and Y direction on each depth pass for a flatter, cleaner finish.

Depth

Total to remove Max depth per pass

Split passes evenly3 mm at 1.25 mm max becomes 3 × 1 mm, not 1.25 + 1.25 + 0.5.

Machine

Feed rate Plunge rate Spindle speedRPM Safe height Spin-up waitsec Rapid speed

Safe height is above the top of the slab. Rapid speed is only used for the time estimate.

Return to X0 Y0 at the end

slab_flatten.gcode PREVIEW

X 0Y 0Z 0PASS –

Est. run time

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Depth passes

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Rows / pass

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Cut distance

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G-code lines

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Before you cut

Show the G-code