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Thanks for all the ideas

1/2" is fine, trying for Christmas, but I may be late do to some camping plans.

Yes I can resaw. I did so many trials I'm not sure of the font. Whatever I finally used I did some offsets to make them thicker.

Yes, 3" tall. I'm planning on curves not corners.

Thanks Scott

Thanks to both. It's not for a school, just a present for a great grandson.

I'm making some letters to use in a child's puzzle. The letters will be about 3' high and 1/2' thick. Looking for suggestions of what wood to cut them out of so they don't break easily. Thanks in advance.

Thanks Scott

I found the problem, It was a PICNIC error (PICNIC = Problem In Chair Not In Computer). Searching through my drawer of spare parts, there was another roundover bit. A true 1/4 point roundover, Whiteside 1572.

From adze "Well, is the material thicker than the program was told? Was the cutter zeroed before the cut and not just inserted and was using the last tool's setting? If you run the same file again on the same (or material) is this repeatable? No, material is 3/4", and I'm zeroing off the top with a ...

Here's one I did a few months back, same bit (only roundover I have) no problem.

Adze is correct, the tip does have a 1/16" flat bottom, but it still shouldn't go to deep. 7/32 = .2188, and I set the depth at .200. I've inspected the bit, it's fine. The flat spot's not an issue for this carve. Machine just seems to be loosing it's Z zero. Should I try a factory reset on the cont...

Pretty sure it's a quarter circle, settings are the same as another project that came out fine. Used a touchpad to set the zero.

I'll bet it's simple, but can't figure out why my round-over bit goes too deep. Bit is a 7/32" radius, start depth 0.00, depth of cut set as .2". Looks to go about .3" deep. Thanks for the help.

For cutting out 3/4 hardwoods (Mahogany, Cherry, Maple,& Walnut) I've been trying the "Last Pass Allowance" option to try to remove the witness lines from the various pass depths. I'm looking for some guidance on how much of an offset I can apply when using an !/8" and 1/4" endmill for the 3/4" thic...