Using a Boxford CNC Router

These instructions tell you how to create a piece of work with a Boxford CNC Router: (CNC stands for computer numerically controlled)

1. Open up the Boxford programme on the computer
2. Click "open G&M file"
3. Click the picture of the Boxford machine, which looks like this,
   
4. Press the autohome button
5. Press "fit workpiece"
6. Open the guard up on the front of the machine
7. Fit the sacrificial bed into the back left hand corner
8. Sweep off any dust
   
9. Fix the workpiece onto the sacrificial bed using double sided selotape. Make sure you affix the tape so that all of the pieces will have some tape behind them
10. Sweep of any dust and press down hard on the workpiece to make sure it is securely fastened
11. Using a Digital Vernier Caliper enter measure the distance from the table to the workpiece then enter it into the computer
12. Shut the guard on the machine
13. Press the flashing green button on the machine
14. Open the machine guard
    
15. Fit a 3.2 milimetre cutter then use a jig to adjust it into the correct possistion
16. Tighten it with a spanner
17. Lock the guard
18. Press the green button on the machine
19. Do a visual check to see if the cutter is in place
20. Press the green button

Now the machine will do the rest!







A Boxford CNC Router







A digital vernier caliper