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As long as I had it dialed in for an Onsrud .25" 30degree engraving bit with a .01" flat, Conventional, Offset cut...I decided to make a few :) Gifts for our Maine Guides on our annual father/son fly fishing trip (they're both hand carvers), and a couple for Dad to show around. Cut is unsanded/unfin...

Whew! Thought you were mad AND thought me incompetent :( Do you think that Time thing might have been the IPS(Inch Per Second) thing? (Shopbot Control software default) Needed to play with pocketing/profiling larger diameter holes anyways so I can pour Tin in them for Dad and try some more "TInlays:...

Mike, Good catch to swap down to the 5/8". Notice the "Divot" in pic that a 3/4"Brazed left:( Very glad I was cutting all air except for last .015" in this Butternut.(didn't want to ruin a board for a full test) WAS off on time because my VR settings 12:10 for the two toolpaths, But could have been ...

Randall,
Hoped never to see one of those again!
We just stuck those in the Pratt Whitney Tape o Matic
Never did understand why my brother got SOOOO Irate, if we spilled coffee or coolant on them(OR Go^ FORBID..step on them)
VERY part time "Monkey Machinist" back then.

VERY Nice!!
(Sounds like it was a Royal PITA though )
May just have exceeded your original time estimate, just a Tad ?
Great recovery!
scott

Go to IPS (Inches Per Second), (It's a Shopbot thing) :) Oh, and that's MY machine and I just used my Hard Maple default settings. Your Mileage WILL vary. Personally I would use my .5" Down and make sure the material was FIRMLY down against spoilboard, BUT Russel's Compression spiral would be the id...

Just deleted a long reply :x Try a Profile with a straight ramp with a .015 offset to depth shown in "Roughing"pic. Then "Duplicate" that toolpath and edit tool to cut full depth in 1 pass no Offset. (DON'T forget to ramp!) like in 2B "Finish" toolpath. Still saves time and gives good dimensions and...

With a 3/4" bit, have you considered a Profile cut with a Spiral Ramp?
Need a couple test cut's to dial in for Your machine/materials/bit though.
Just thinking.
scott

Is there any way in VCP8, to change or "Cookie Cut" that second original "Owl" file? (I like the detail MUCH better) Trying now to use a "Dished" oval/rectangle and only have certain parts "Emerge" from the "Dish", Just wondering of there's another VCP way? 2 "Flatgrains"(Climb vs Conventional) left...

Partial to that last Combo myself:)
But like the weaves like always(especially the "Hearts").
VCarve looks Really nice on a Dome, and the "dots" make a really nice contrast.

And this is the original file, again using an Offset toolpath with no Roughing. Oh, same exact bit...Kyocera .125" 30 degree engraving with .012 flat form Drillman1 on E-Bay for $4. these are both endgrain. ALL were straight from the machine with just a good scrub with a stiff Boar bristle brush and...

Just trying to get my feet under me, so playing with 1.75" Hard Maple children's blocks (for time and cost factors) to compare apples to apples on simple things on a NO roughing Offset toolpath and simply comparing endgrain 3D vs flatgrain, and Conventional cut vs Climb. This first one was a friends...

Glenn, There's a method to my verbosity :) Trying to Get CarveOne so TICKED at me for stomping on his thread, that he'll drive up here to KILL me....... When I'll Promptly run him over with my wheelchair.....And hold him there until he promises to teach me some of his tricks! :D THEN I'll release hi...

NOT crawling out of the OOZE today!!! :) Looks more like a Mayan Sacrificial Well for killing Spindle and bits! :D Back to the drawing slate :( Don't help....I'll figure it out, but going back to standard resolution. Going to make some "Regular" chips today before I sacrifice my Laptop :) Pic is onl...

Nah!, Quite obviously it's a Gimp like me, on his Mag-Lev wheelchair, calling the Mothership on his early version Motorola "Bag phone" complaining that the last download didn't "Take" :) Not sure how a smart guy like you misinterpreted something so Simple :D We simple little VCP guys can now project...