Finished one plate this evening - even with a power outage.
Looks good
Looks great.
At what point in the process did you go through the screw down? I’d imagine the workpiece was initially clamped down, you did the holes first, and then screwed down? Did you wait till just before the final outer profile cut to remove the clamps?
@raykholo yes, it was clamped down on 4 corners. Then once the holes were machined I waited for the makita to clear then sunk a few screws. Then pulled the suspect clamps before the outer profiles. Normally I’d leave them on, but the end mill is only 1/2" and that leaves near zero clearance for the dust shoe. Better safe than sorry!
@Matt_Miller so the holes weren’t done with the end mill I presume. Did you use a smaller one or actually put a bit in?
Nope. End mill did it all! 
I read your statement as 1/2" being the diameter of the end mill.
How did it go with power outage resume from G-code ?
What speeds/feeds and depth of cut did you use? And what type/size of endmill?
@raykholo sorry, 1/2" long, 1/8" endmill. 2-flute upcut. The clamps are 3/16" and the material is 1/4". My skirt material is about 1/8" thick, so it’d be a problem. I really hate sinking screws in the middle of a job - it’s stressful.
@Peter_Pollard I’ve got endstops on the machine, so returning to a given point is easy. Luckily I wrote down the machining origin (X45 Y100 Z-165.2) before I began the file, so all I had to do was re-home the machine then navigate to the machining origin. The plates were almost finished when the power went out, so I modified the gcode to only perform the final operations (outer profiles) and re-ran it. Came out OK. Would have been better if I had left more meat in the roughing process (only 0.02", should have used 0.03").
@dhylands I go a little slow. Probably too slow.
Plunge feed: 5ipm
Cut feed: 10ipm
DoC: 0.025"
Makita router setting: 4/5
Look beautiful Matt!
Thanks @Brandon_Satterfield !
Nice Matt cheers