2 sized pockets

[mhotchin (Michael Hotchin)]

1/4 to 1/8 pocket

What you are describing is called ‘rest machining’, and is available in CC PRO. A trick that works in the free version is the ‘pocket / contour’ trick. Like rest machining, you use progressively smaller mills, but there is a limitation - at each step, the next smaller mill must be at least half the diameter of the previous. So, you can go from 1/4" to 1/8", but not 1/4" to 1/16" inch. To get as small as 1/16", you need three steps - 1/4", 1/8", then 1/16". With real rest machining, you woul…