# My first cuts and partial project

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**Category:** My First Cuts\
**Created:** [March 5, 2019, 10:07pm UTC](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/my-first-cuts-and-partial-project/9014 "2019-03-05T22:07:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![jnietzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b19c9b/32.png) [@jnietzer](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/u/jnietzer)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2019, 10:07pm UTC](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/my-first-cuts-and-partial-project/9014/1 "2019-03-05T22:07:52Z")

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I had been looking at the Maslow CNC for some time as something to add to my workspace. One area I hope to utilize this is to make Christmas decorations for a light show I put on every year rather than order the parts. Prior to making this purchase, I had cut jigsaw style stage risers for my church by hand. Though I got a lot better at cutting them by the time I finished making the 16 pieces, the first ones that I cut by hand were off in several dimensions which made the stage platforms wobbly.

After cutting the final sled, a hose adapter for my shop vac and a test cross - I took out my original designs for the risers and imported them into illustrator to get a vector outline and add some extra holes. The process was relatively straightforward and after looking on these forums, I discovered that exporting from Illustrator required SVG 1.1 to be chosen, as well as 3 decimal places and no other options selected to be able to upload the SVG into MakerCam at the right scale.

Using the Ground Control software allowed me to pick a new place on my board to start the cuts and everything was relatively straightforward. I had to tinker with the z-axis a little as it was sometimes not pushing the router in - but for my actual first project it worked fine.

Here is my completed machine as I cut out the one riser piece.

 ![Maslow%201](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/uploads/maslowcnc/original/2X/1/1328e441772fe7f57777458cab8b6a2cbd817abb.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![jnietzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b19c9b/32.png) [@jnietzer](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/u/jnietzer)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2019, 10:08pm UTC](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/my-first-cuts-and-partial-project/9014/2 "2019-03-05T22:08:33Z")

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A closer picture of the sled.

 ![Maslow%202](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/uploads/maslowcnc/original/2X/e/e4f73072264f16e751524e6d6c192eaa196bd13a.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![jnietzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b19c9b/32.png) [@jnietzer](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/u/jnietzer)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2019, 10:09pm UTC](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/my-first-cuts-and-partial-project/9014/3 "2019-03-05T22:09:59Z")

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The riser piece with the extra cuts was made by my Maslow - I cut it from cheaper plywood than the other pieces. The other pieces I cut by hand - those are close to the correct size except the one I replaced was the first one I made by hand and it was quite a bit off (1/4" short and the slots were way too wide).  
I only redrew the 36" riser piece, when I do the 48" pieces and the top I plan on uploading them into the community garden as these work great as a platform that can be broken down.

 ![Maslow%203](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/uploads/maslowcnc/original/2X/d/d8b5f1cb490fedc9c4d5191c89a42a2ef0c014ba.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![lthomas987](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forums.maslowcnc.com/lthomas987/32/3667_2.png) [@lthomas987](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/u/lthomas987)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2019, 3:09am UTC](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/my-first-cuts-and-partial-project/9014/4 "2019-03-06T03:09:10Z")

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Very nice!

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**Author:** ![jaygummers](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forums.maslowcnc.com/jaygummers/32/11842_2.png) [@jaygummers](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/u/jaygummers)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2019, 5:49am UTC](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/my-first-cuts-and-partial-project/9014/5 "2019-03-06T05:49:29Z")

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Amazing! I liked this curvy cuts and the [free psn codes list by prizelava](https://prizelava.com/free-psn-codes/) platform use too!