Vertical "Z" Toolpaths

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4DThinker
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Re: Vertical "Z" Toolpaths

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PawPrints wrote:
Thu Dec 05, 2024 1:25 am
At 77 I probably will never make from “inexperienced” to even “novice” but I am having fun!
George
You'll do all right George. I have the advantage of starting playing with CNCs and the software more than 15 year ago. Then getting considerable practice helping my college furniture design students with their designs until I retired a couple years back.
Just keep playing. BTW the folks here nearly always can help. There are often several ways to create things using Aspire.
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Re: Vertical "Z" Toolpaths

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PawPrints wrote:
Thu Dec 05, 2024 1:25 am
Thanks for all the inputs to my request for help. I haven’t been on the forum (or even in the shop that much) for a long time. A great bunch of folks with tons more experience than I. At 77 I probably will never make from “inexperienced” to even “novice” but I am having fun!

George
Don't bet on it. You could be around a good long time. BTW, I am 75.
"If you see a good fight, get in it." Dr. Vernon Johns

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Re: Vertical "Z" Toolpaths

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Yep!
I'm 70, I learn every day and I'm loving it. (Wife calls it "faffing about")
Keep at it and you'll become more familiar with it all.

Jim

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Re: Vertical "Z" Toolpaths

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Youngsters! I'm 78. I make a lot of mistakes but still having fun.
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Re: Vertical "Z" Toolpaths

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I am in awe of you folks. I spent 30 years in the oxygen deprived atmosphere of cylindrical shaped mailing tubes. I only needed a strong enough index finger to push buttons and smart enough to pull back to go up and push forward to go down. 98% of the time I didn’t even have to do the last two. No skill required. Just a big watch to look the part.
I didn’t say it was the software’s fault. I said I was blaming the software.

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