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SteelTrack accuracy ?
Hi everyone, Merry Christmas to you all !
I know quite a few of you that use these boards own SteelTracks.
I just want to ask have you ever measured how accurate they are when cutting 3mm aluminum composite.
What is your acceptable accuracy over a 2000mm cut ? ? -/+ 1mm ? ? ?I would also like to know, do you hold the clamp handle while cutting to keep pressure on the clamp ?
Until recently I took it for granted that after setting up my steeltrack as per keen cuts instructions it was cutting perfectly true and square.
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We’ve recently taken delivery of a SteelTrack and I think we may be having the same problem.
Just when I think I’ve squared the machine a test cut proves otherwise. I’m sure with slight tweaks we can get it right.
As far as accuracy over 2m I couldn’t say.
Overall though it dramaticaly increases the speed we can make trays and cut boards and much safer too!!
I don’t hold the clamp in position but this might help in holding pieces more firmly in situ. I would say though that it’s not designed to be used that way so we shouldn’t need to. -
Once it’s correctly squared mine can cut 2M to with within less then a mm. It’s a bit tricky to set up, takes a bit of trial and error but worth doing to get an accurate cut.
I never hold the clamp handle once it’s in position. Applying too much pressure can put indentations into composite material
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have you ever had the material move when cutting while the clamp is engaged?
I’m just looking at the user manual CD so see if there is a way to adjust the clamp pressure. -
Provided the cut being made is more than an inch or so wide the material is supported either side of the cutting tool. And as all the pressure is downward the material should not move. Only when trimming off smaller sections is there a danger that the material can skew
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