# Board making on a CNC
**URL:** https://foil.zone/t/board-making-on-a-cnc/4316
**Category:** Foils & Boards
**Created:** [April 23, 2019, 1:35am UTC](https://foil.zone/t/board-making-on-a-cnc/4316 "2019-04-23T01:35:15Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@tylerclark](https://foil.zone/u/tylerclark)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2019, 1:35am UTC](https://foil.zone/t/board-making-on-a-cnc/4316/1 "2019-04-23T01:35:15Z")
Today was a pretty cool day. Got to take a board I designed from Fusion 360 and covert it to Shopbot CNC. Foam cut super easy, no dust with the vacuum collection, and was honestly super easy once I got it setup.
Many thanks to @pacificmeister for helping me along the way as usual!
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### Author:  [@samisin](https://foil.zone/u/samisin)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2019, 3:25am UTC](https://foil.zone/t/board-making-on-a-cnc/4316/2 "2019-04-23T03:25:22Z")
@tylerclark Awesome! Do you own CNC or found a shop to do it for you?
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### Author:  [@tylerclark](https://foil.zone/u/tylerclark)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2019, 3:45am UTC](https://foil.zone/t/board-making-on-a-cnc/4316/3 "2019-04-23T03:45:26Z")
I belong to a “hackerspace” which allows me to use great tools like the CNC. So it’s been great to speed up my development and do more DIY.
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### Author:  [@BartStevens](https://foil.zone/u/BartStevens)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2019, 2:11pm UTC](https://foil.zone/t/board-making-on-a-cnc/4316/4 "2019-04-23T14:11:48Z")
Very cool, Same here in Antwerp Belgium, acces to 3d printers, cnc and others. Willing to share your file?
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### Author:  [@tylerclark](https://foil.zone/u/tylerclark)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2019, 2:24pm UTC](https://foil.zone/t/board-making-on-a-cnc/4316/5 "2019-04-23T14:24:12Z")
Eventually yes. I need to make sure the board works (hydrodynamically) and that I can put a board together using the methods I’m using (cutting top, cutting bottom, gluing together). I’ve gone down the road before of posting files as I go and then things change, it’s a hot mess to clean up and ends up detracting from the community. So yes, once I get the board on the water and it works I’ll make a big write-up!
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### Author:  [@SoEFoil](https://foil.zone/u/SoEFoil)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2019, 3:16pm UTC](https://foil.zone/t/board-making-on-a-cnc/4316/6 "2019-04-23T15:16:22Z")
Looking forward to seeing this new method develop quickly.
What’s your CNC size ? How many pieces to assemble the board ?
Easy alternative to Fusiion 360 for board design, free open source exporting to STL:
Boardcad: [https://sourceforge.net/projects/boardcad/](https://sourceforge.net/projects/boardcad/)
[https://www.boardcad.com/](https://www.boardcad.com/)
Other SW I know, even in their free version, import any format (STL, AkuShaper, Shape3d, …) and **trap their customers** by exporting only to their proprietary file format to be sent to a shaper who bought a licence. Not the case with SW exporting to STL.
> [@tylerclark](#):
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> I need to make sure the board works (hydrodynamically)
Looking at the pict, I am confident 😉
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### Author:  [@SoEFoil](https://foil.zone/u/SoEFoil)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2019, 12:27pm UTC](https://foil.zone/t/board-making-on-a-cnc/4316/7 "2019-04-25T12:27:57Z")
> [@SoEFoil](#):
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> Easy alternative to Fusion 360 for board design, free open source exporting to STL:
Only CAD SW like Fusion are able to create nice and sleek looking hatches…
@tylerclark have you found a way with @pacificmeister to create a new Fusion 360 plugin that would make easy the board line design + user interface for hatch position / dimension and lid thickness ?
> **[Advice of glassing waterproof compartment](https://foil.zone/t/advice-of-glassing-waterproof-compartment/3715)**
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> Hi All, Almost ready to glass in my waterproof compartment. Any advice on gkassing the sides and rounded corners, is it best to do the sides separately? Going to do a test first Any advice would be much appreciated Boat hatch will go on...