Dovetail bit profile Aspire 11.5

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edcross
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Dovetail bit profile Aspire 11.5

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When i cut a sliding dovetail pocket or pin , my Mach4 display does not show the angled dovetail cut , it just show's it as a straight cut . Is that normal ??

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Re: Dovetail bit profile Aspire 11.5

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I don't use mach4 but you will probably find that like Vectric software it can't show an undercut so displays the cut as a straight cut at whatever width the dovetail bit is :lol: :lol:

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Mach4 doesn't know anything at all about the shape of the bits so wouldn't have any way to show anything other than a straight sided cut
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The Aspire screen also does not show a dovetail cut in the preview screen .

ED

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edcross wrote:
Thu Feb 02, 2023 7:10 pm
The Aspire screen also does not show a dovetail cut in the preview screen .

ED
It won't. You can't define an undercut bit in Aspire so the preview will show the tool you used instead. Mach4 is displaying based on the code written from Aspire so there won't be an undercut displayed there either.

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Thanks

Ed

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