My CNC router is pretty much up and going. (just gotta get a better spindle)
However you pretty soon realise that securing material to the table is a whole new can of worms.
Screw it down. Clamps don't reach far from the edge. Double sided tape. There has to be a better way. (nuts)
I'm going to have a go at making a vacuum hold down thingy.
I had a piece of acrylic (I think that's what it's called) 20mm thick that someone gave me. A bit beaten up but OK.
Got some quarter inch rubber stuff. Sort of foam rubber with an external skin.
Drew up a grid pattern in my cad program. 30mm squares with 3mm radius on the corners. 5.25mm channels in between.
Generated a toolpath in sheetcam. Didn't know how hard to push the 1/8th endmill I had.
So I went 1000mm per min. RPM? About half speed on the cheapy little router that is my temp spindle. Sounds like it's about to explode if I go faster.
1mm depth of cut. Could have gone deeper I think but I did not want to break the only little end mill I had seeing it was the weekend and couldn't get another.
Set my machine going and went and watched TV. Took about 90 mins.