Thanks Scott!
Were the last few projects also on similar highly figured wood?
Sometimes with the wood fibers going in all directions, it hits just wrong even with a sharp cutter.
(plunging(?) with the Rest Machining might exacerbate that?)
I haven't played with Rest Machining in VCP in actual cuts(I've been cutting the same thing for weeks).
You had a good run with those bits though!
When I first started and had 2 machines(1 220+ miles away) I started marking my bit holders with Sharpie marks( 1 full mark every 8 hrs cut time) so I could figure bit wear roughly for reorders.
Eventually with Bloodwood being best seller;
https://www.wood-database.com/bloodwood/
I had to use 1 full mark for every 4 hrs cut time.
Just went into shop yesterday, and .25mm TBNs in the Bloodwood Harleys were retired(maybe early)
at roughly 48 hrs cut time("Bloodwood is extremely dense, and has a pronounced blunting effect on cutters.")...but some of those bits used in Sugar Maple were 96+ hrs and still using them.
Also noticed on steep sidewalls, that all bits are not equal in cut quality when a lot of the edge was cutting.
How much material was left for the cutter is important too.
Finish with brand new .25mm TBNs on my last cuts that had them cutting .13" deep in 1 pass,
was nowhere NEAR what I normally get when leaving .01-.02" of material!
My next job might be in a quilted Big Leaf Maple(soft), so I was interested.
Yattering:(
NICE job Scott!
