I live in Gold Canyon, Arizona (East Valley Phoenix area) and I am a 75-year-old owner of a brand-new AltMill 4x4.
The machine is assembled, and I have VCarve Pro software ready to go. I have watched many videos but am having difficulty figuring out how to properly tram the spindle and surface the wasteboard. I think I need a real person to walk me through the physical process for a couple of hours.
I am happy to pay for your time or knowledge share.
If you are nearby and comfortable helping a newbie get their machine running perfectly, please respond here or reach out to me directly:
Please send me a private direct message and we can exchange contact details.
@rratcliff69 Welcome to the group, Randall. I have removed your personal contact information from your post. Posting that in a public venue invites unwanted replies. I have edited your post to ask anyone who would help to contact you by private direct message here. You can exchange contact details in private that way.
Good luck with your Altmill.
@rratcliff69 The Altmill shouldn’t require tramming so unless I had a observed an issue, I wouldn’t bother doing it. I’d just do the surfacing and assess tramming after the first pass.
As for surfacing, what kind of help do you need? I’m sure many users here can help via this post.
I just finished building my Altmill per the instructions outlined in the resources. I surfaced my wasteboard and couldn’t feel and ridge whatsoever. I was expecting to have to adjust both tram and nod, so I checked it to confirm what I felt. I measured it at less than a quarter millimeter out in tram and spot on in nod over 500mm. I don’t trust my tramming bar to be more accurate than so I left it as it was and started working on projects.
My recommendation for you would be to surface your wasteboard, which Sienci has resources covering, and then trust your fingernails to tell you if you need to adjust or not.