One suggestion is to create a test strip with a number of pockets of varying thicknesses, then try fit to the pockets over the edge of the plywood you are using to make sure everything will fit together the way you want it to. Say the nominal thickness of your ply is .75". In a small section of the ply, create a rectangle that is 10" wide and 5" tall. Then draw a series of rby SallyeC - Handibot Forum
If you Zero the Z that way, don't forget to do a ZZ or use the Zero button in the Keypad to tell the software that that is where you want the Z Zero to be. I move the router bit to the center of the cutting area and then stick a piece of paper under the bit. Then I set the Fixed distance to .05 and bump it down until the bit deflects the paper. Then Zero the Z there. We also learnedby SallyeC - Handibot Forum
Tony...the .sbp files for a handibot are exactly the same as for any ShopBot. So, use the ShopBot post processor for Cut3D and you will be fine. The nominal cutting area for the handibot is 6" x 8"...and you don't have much leeway beyond that. To be sure that you are not creating an .sbp file that will bump into the sides of your cutting area, check out the maximum travel, thenby SallyeC - Handibot Forum
The US Fab Lab Network Symposium will be in Baltimore April 7 - 9 2014 The US Science and Engineering Festival will be in DC April 25 - 27. There will be a Handibot (and other ShopBots) at both events. For more info, here are the links: USFLN Symposium US Science and Engineering Festivalby SallyeC - Handibot Forum
If you check out either the handibot or 100kSchools.org blog, you can see another setup for a handibot jig. For that setup, I created a jig that will hold a blank that is ready to be VCarved. I then created an .sbp file that will move the blank out from under handibot and allow me to change the blank. The code for that file, with comments, is posted below: 'Moves jig for hex blanks outby SallyeC - Handibot Forum