Vectric Customer

Rcnewcomb wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 03, 2024 5:12 pm

Consider looking at joints designed to be cut on a 3 axis CNC using a standard end mill. 50 Digital Wood Joints by Jochen Gros

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Im having a hard time accessing these joints. How do I download these?

Thanks to everyone for their responses. I think I was hoping that someone had figured out a gadget that uses the special cnc dovetail bits that do everything flat. The last suggestion with the ball nose bit is pretty nice, but it may be a little slow for the 30 drawers I will need to make.

min is a vacuum table, sooo...

Just hoping to offer a dovetail drawer option. for customers who ask/want. And I use undermount slides, so I need to have my bottoms dadoed .5" up from the bottom.

I have seen an example of the vectric gadget, and it seems to leave little pockets in the corners of the joint, which is not very desirable. is there a way to minimize this. Also is there an option for a dadoed bottom in said gadget?

I have seen advertised that there is a special cnc bit for doing "half blind" dovetails where everything is milled flat on the table. is this method applicable to any vectric gadgets?

Thanks, but I don't have the ability to clamp boards off the end of my router

Which dovetail drawer gadget is currently the best. Id like to use 1/2" prefinished birch ply

thanks

would you share your tool path settings as an example?

Thanks! What bits would you recommend

Turns out I was importing it wrong, as stated above. I would still like to hear everyone's feed back on how to tool path this. Thanks

I should also note that this will be done in alder that has been glued up

Thanks to everyone I have attached a dimensioned picture. The scallops are 2.5" and Id like them to be around .25" deep. panel thickness will be around 13/16" to 7/8". I had the sketchup pros look at my model and clean it up before importing and it still just comes through as a rectangle.

I've never used the moulding tool path. I'm totally new to anything other than cutting out rectangular cabinet parts. I see that I have it but ...