Waste board for 500mm machine does not match instructions (too small)

X-Carve
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Step 13, 500mm Work Area.

The instructions clearly show a waste board that is the same width as the x-carve. My waste board is nearly 2 inches narrower side to side.

This means I can not complete the step as follows

“When all of your insertion nuts and mounting screws are in square up the waste board with the corners of your X-Carve and tighten them down.”

So how far left/right should the board be so the measurements printed on it will be useable when using the machine?

Also, why is the waste board undersized? That extra 2 inches would make this much easier, and look a lot better. The waste board depicted in all the instructions (and videos) is clearly large enough to fit the machine exactly.

The previous step also mentions “Now you’ll put a threaded insert into each of the holes you just countersunk.” when it appears my waste board came pre-countersunk. I’m glad the extra work was done on the waste board to save me time, but wanted to make sure you update the instructions to prevent possible confusion.

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Inventables has changed the machine design w/o updating the instructions in the past — the waste board being narrower would hearken back to the original SO2 design which worked fine.

Just center it, which was the advice I gave when I made the original SO2 instructions.

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Hi @ChrisEllerby the waste board in the video is the SO2 waste board. We didn’t have the X-Carve one when we shot the video. It’s narrower to give more clearance on the sides. Centering it is the solution.

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Thanks, centered it!

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Are the images of the waste board on the website deceptive? Or is the waste board in the website images what ships with the x-carve? Thanks.

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The one that ships with the machine has the exact same silk screen pattern and hole pattern. We removed the unused area on the y axis to give more clearance as the motor mount travels over it. The new one is an upgrade that allows more space for the same work area.