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Brilliant work! Your process opens up my own projects to new possibilities. Thank you!

Nicely done! This is a case where BB or bamboo equivalent really looks great.

Windows Settings - System - Display - Graphics - Options (for the program in question from the list) - High Performance. It's not at all obvious!

(edit) P.S. If VCarve or Aspire aren't on the list, you will have to add it using the "Add an App" option.

Thank you for the great video! And thanks even more for the link to TouchTerrain. I was able to generate a map of my area and create toolpaths in about 5 minutes. I have Aspire, so was able to skip the PrusaSlicer step. Also picked up a few ideas and tricks in your video. Great work!

It's more likely using the graphics co-processor (assuming your computer has one) than the extra cores, although it may be using them as well. Check in your Task Manager to see what the cores are doing and what graphics processor it's using. I had to activate mine in program properties for Aspire (s...

10 seconds on my Surface Book 2. I downloaded and ran the file, no changes whatsoever.

I would be concerned about doing anything with Pernambuco. According to the Wood Database (noted above) "This wood species is in CITES Appendix II, and is on the IUCN Red List. It is listed as endangered due to a population reduction of over 50% in the past three generations, caused by a decline in ...

Can you recommend some of these chinese bits you mention? Didn't realize you could buy them for a couple bucks each lol The ones I purchased are no longer available, but there are many others, such as amazon.ca/Piece-Mills-Material-Plastic-Finishing/dp/B0B39JCPWD/ref=sr_1_121?crid=524XZB82ELN0&keyw...

I do it a lot. There are 2 key things: As Ted said, keep the kerf clean. The other thing I've found is to do multiple shallow cut passes. I usually don't go more than .15" per pass with a 1/8" bit. And of course, buy Chinese bits in bulk so you won't worry about the budget. I've found they are as go...

conservative (pessimistic?) I deliberately used that term to avoid political implications, which are rampant these days! Although, the two terms have a certain resonance... :x :) Sure, I could increase the feed speeds and adjust spindle speeds to maintain chip load but my point was that this works ...

I’m going to disagree with the need to set a scaling factor especially one so high. I run my machine at very pessimistic speeds. After losing a workpiece to an aggressive cut and having to pay for a replacement, I'm doubly paranoid. Good thing i had my thumb on the E-stop. So for me, a high factor ...

You need to set the Scale Factor in the time estimate tab. Mine is set at 1.9. You determine the factor by experiment. From your comment, yours should probably be about the same as mine. Keep in mind that this will still only give you an estimate of cutting time. Each job is different. Also, 3D carv...

Well, usually you have 1 flat and true side that gets placed on the spoilboard. Sure, you can shim out a warped or irregular board. The main thing of course is that it not move under tooling loads. As for the top, why bother? It's almost certainly going to be machined away anyway. As long as the mat...

You've got your Model at the bottom of the Material in the settings. You should probably move it it up some. How much, depends on the result you want. I would put it near or at the top of the Material.

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Fri Dec 09, 2022 9:07 pm

Wonder if Joe told HIS Grampa "I want to be a CNC 3D Selenographer."

No, I can't recall as I did. However, my favourite t-shirt, which I wore out, said "I'm a little Astronaut!" Didn't help me years later though, when I applied to the Canadian Astronaut Programme ...