# Ideal anchor Point size full 4x8 work area **URL:** \ **Category:** No Judgement\ **Created:** [December 11, 2025, 10:51pm UTC](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/ideal-anchor-point-size-full-4x8-work-area/25302 "2025-12-11T22:51:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nov27th2025](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forums.maslowcnc.com/nov27th2025/32/29771_2.png) [@Nov27th2025](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/u/Nov27th2025)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2025, 10:51pm UTC](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/ideal-anchor-point-size-full-4x8-work-area/25302/1 "2025-12-11T22:51:07Z")
My last anchor locations were a 12 ft by 16 ft area. This turned out to be bad because I moved 22 cm the wrong way and busted a belt. Planning to shrink my anchor locations a bit to prevent this. What are the ideal anchor dimensions for working on a 4x8 sheet of material and be able to get to all areas of the 4x8 easy material accurately without being in danger of busting my belts? Since I’m planning to cut 2 in of foam board, should I plan on having this on top of my spoil board during my calibration process? This was a suggestion because after I calibrated on top of my spoiler board only the machine would not be able to get to ready to cut status saying that I needed to recalibrate. I’m on version 1.15. So I will leave the the foil board thickness and material thickness settings blank in the configuration area? Thanks for the clarification on this. ---
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Check out this youtube video, it should give a walk through about how to set up [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/7X5S4LkapX0/maxresdefault.jpg "Setting Up Maslow 4.1 In My Garage") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7X5S4LkapX0) > [@Nov27th2025](#): > > This was a suggestion because after I calibrated on top of my spoiler board only the machine would not be able to get to ready to cut status saying that I needed to re-calibrate. This bug should be fixed in version 1.16 which should be out imminently. Thanks for pointing that out! ---
**Author:** ![dlang](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forums.maslowcnc.com/dlang/32/859_2.png) [@dlang](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/u/dlang)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2025, 1:07am UTC](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/ideal-anchor-point-size-full-4x8-work-area/25302/3 "2025-12-12T01:07:53Z")
Wes wrote: > My last anchor locations were a 12 ft by 16 ft area. This turned out to be bad > because I moved 22 cm the wrong way and busted a belt. Planning to shrink my > anchor locations a bit to prevent this. What are the ideal anchor dimensions > for working on a 4x8 sheet of material and be able to get to all areas of the > 4x8 easy material accurately without being in danger of busting my belts? There is no one best dimension, play around with [https://lang.hm/maslow/maslow4\_frame.html](https://lang.hm/maslow/maslow4_frame.html) it tells you the belt length needed so you can tweak things to best balance things as you want (including fitting things into your available space) just going to 12x14 looks like it gives you an extra 25cm or so of belt. and you can go smaller on one dimension or the other. also, don’t be terrified of going slightly out of the green, look at the table above the graph to see that going a couple bands out of the green makes very little difference. David Lang ---
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I watched that video again…. With the goal of not breaking belts I just have belt tension and belt length selected… - It is showing red tension up near the top… is this for the vertical setup? - The similator does show the whole workspace more yellowish for the tension… I don’t think I should have been able to break a new belt with just “yellow” tension? - I’ve got belt length selected but nothing really changes on the simulator when I check/uncheck it. ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/uploads/maslowcnc/original/3X/c/8/c8221529fd8d59001b8e2cbf8d59cba6b96608cb.png) So once I get my new belt installed… should I be calibrating on top of spoilboard plus my material of 2 inches of foam? How long are the belts? Thank you ---
**Author:** ![dlang](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forums.maslowcnc.com/dlang/32/859_2.png) [@dlang](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/u/dlang)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2025, 5:07am UTC](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/ideal-anchor-point-size-full-4x8-work-area/25302/5 "2025-12-12T05:07:14Z")
Wes wrote: > I watched that video again…. > > With the goal of not breaking belts I just have belt tension and belt length selected… > > - It is showing red tension up near the top… is this for the vertical setup? yes > - The similator does show the whole workspace more yellowish for the tension… I don’t think I should have been able to break a new belt with just “yellow” tension? > - I’ve got belt length selected but nothing really changes on the simulator when I check/uncheck it. it’s unlikely to show problems with belt length unless you get to really large frames, your 12x16’ frame is right at the edge of that. There’s also the question of exactly how much belt length is allowed. The machine ships with 14.5’ (~4400mm) of belt, but we’ve found that when you unwind enough, the tension of the belt around the spool drops off and the belt pulls out of the spool. but we don’t have a good handle on where that is, and therefor how much belt should be left > ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/uploads/maslowcnc/original/3X/c/8/c8221529fd8d59001b8e2cbf8d59cba6b96608cb.png) > > So once I get my new belt installed… should I be calibrating on top of > spoilboard plus my material of 2 inches of foam? you don’t need to do that, just make sure that the Z offsets are correct when you calibrate. Then you can use the spoilboard and workpiece thickness values when you cut to correct to the conditions at that point. David Lang