I am wanting to make a set of wedges that I can push in under the piece I am working on in the long plank jig that will push the work piece up onto the bottom of the handibot to help hold the work piece in place. I want to make the first two pieces only a 1/4" thick, but 6" x 10", and then make others that would be 1/2", 3/4" thick to allow for different thicknesses of wood. How do I make a wedge that is 6" x 10" with only a 1/4" rise on the 6" side?https://handibot.com/forum/read.php?2,3368,3368#msg-3368Sun, 09 Aug 2026 08:59:51 -0400 Phorum 5.2.22 https://handibot.com/forum/read.php?2,3368,3374#msg-3374 https://handibot.com/forum/read.php?2,3368,3374#msg-3374 Brian Owen, ShopBot Handibot ForumFri, 22 Feb 2019 17:48:47 -0500 https://handibot.com/forum/read.php?2,3368,3372#msg-3372 https://handibot.com/forum/read.php?2,3368,3372#msg-3372 cuervo Handibot ForumTue, 19 Feb 2019 13:40:51 -0500 https://handibot.com/forum/read.php?2,3368,3371#msg-3371 https://handibot.com/forum/read.php?2,3368,3371#msg-3371
I'd recommend trying it without any material under the tool first to make sure that it works!]]> Brian Owen, ShopBot Handibot ForumTue, 19 Feb 2019 10:53:28 -0500 https://handibot.com/forum/read.php?2,3368,3370#msg-3370 https://handibot.com/forum/read.php?2,3368,3370#msg-3370 cuervo Handibot ForumTue, 19 Feb 2019 10:29:05 -0500 https://handibot.com/forum/read.php?2,3368,3369#msg-3369 https://handibot.com/forum/read.php?2,3368,3369#msg-3369You could cut it with the handibot in two cuts on a larger piece of wood. Either you’d model it and toolpath in vcarve...
Or...there’s a real simple bit of ShopBot code you could run to cut it:

SO,1,1. (Turns On spindle)
Pause 2 (waits for spindle to get up to speed)
START: (Initiates a “loop” in the code)
J3,6,0,0.25 (moves into position at front left of handibot)
MZ, 0 (moves down onto material)
M3,0,0,-0.25 (cuts a 6” long line with a -1/4” slope)
MZ,0.1 (moves clear of material)
MY, 0.01 (indexes the tool slightly in Y for next pass)
ZY (zeroes y axis—this will allow us to loop through the code)
GOTO START (restarts loop)

This will continuously cut a 6x0.25 slope in a piece of wood, indexing by 0.01” after each pass. It might take a while, but just let it run until you’ve got enough of a wedge to be useful.

I’m sure there’s a more proper woodworker-y way to do this but this is what came to mind this morning!]]> Brian Owen, ShopBot Handibot ForumTue, 19 Feb 2019 08:30:33 -0500 https://handibot.com/forum/read.php?2,3368,3368#msg-3368 https://handibot.com/forum/read.php?2,3368,3368#msg-3368 cuervo Handibot ForumTue, 19 Feb 2019 07:01:46 -0500