# \_Michael's Dovetail Guide

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**Created:** [July 8, 2023, 5:07pm UTC](https://forum.sienci.com/t/michaels-dovetail-guide/9289 "2023-07-08T17:07:33Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 13, 2023, 2:28pm UTC](https://forum.sienci.com/t/michaels-dovetail-guide/9289/12 "2023-07-13T14:28:09Z")

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The spoil board grid was done with my laser. It is centered on the spoil board. If you have the sensors and can home your machine, I suggest writing down the machine coordinates of the center position as well as saving them to a workspace or making a macro in gSender. That way you can always get your machine centered quickly.

Here is my spoil board graphic, in crv and svg format. Vectric Desktop let me create a project bigger than 24"x24". I’m assuming it just won’t create the G-Code for such a large project. I exported the svg and used LightBurn to burn it. I just designed in VCarve because I’m more familiar with it.

![SpoilboardLaser](https://forum.sienci.com/uploads/default/original/2X/9/91c977c69ff98977d991a423097650c1de38fb1a.svg)

[SpoilboardLaser.crv](https://forum.sienci.com/uploads/short-url/zh3ozonWxSRFBRb2hPKvnNaEClw.crv) (525.5 KB)

EDIT: I forgot it would display the image, the just right click and “Save Image As” to get the SVG file.

EDIT2: Now that you have made a pretty spoil board, watch the following to learn how to not ruin it.

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Q-Q1o16Ux-I/maxresdefault.jpg "Don't spoil your Spoilboard - CNCnutz Episode 51") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-Q1o16Ux-I)

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