XFrame Part Milling

Optimal cutting, tolerance and quality control guidance for XFrame part milling.

  • Avoid Onion Skins – instead use tabs / bridges and screw fix / pin parts to the CNC bed.

  • Avoid adding tabs/bridges in the recesses of edges of parts tolerance critical areas.

  • Minimise the use of tabs to reduce part-clean up time.

  • Check critical tolerances on the inside and outside of curves. Maintain a part tolerance of <0.1mm from drawings where possible for best fitment.

  • Use chip-breaker cutting tools for optimal machined edge finish and speed. Cut in a single pass where possible.

  • Ensure structural plywood is used for all wall framing members. Avoid plywood with thin faces being used for framing parts.

  • Check for internal plywood delamination (part separation). Defect parts with any sign of internal delamination.

  • Check all sheets are within +/- 0.3mm (nominal) thickness for optimal fitment results.

  • Use flush-trim router milling tools to clean tabs/bridges off parts. No sanding is required to the edges of structural components.

  • Ensure part orientation for structural components are parallel to the longitudinal orientation of external plywood faces.

  • Observe minimum drill hole size requirements.

  • Internal voids less than 20mm long, and veneer surface openings less than 15mm wide and 70mm long are tolerable on parts.