Cutting something longer than 2ft

my crossfire should be here this week. Has anyone cut a drawing longer than 2ft by cutting the drawing in half and running 2 diffrent runs? just wondering if ive limited myself or if guys have tried this

It’s called indexing. It can be done but IMO it’s hard to line it up perfect.

Search YouTube for “CNC indexing”. You’ll want to use pins & holes in the design and cut material. Once you get your head wrapped around the process it makes sense but it really helps to see what someone is doing.

Of course that’s based on my experience with lasers & a Shopbot as I don’t have my Crossfire yet. It should work but I haven’t done that with Mach 3 yet so you may be exploring new ground for a bit until someone else gets to that point.

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