Advanced Pocket? Is it possible

[Westers (Will)]

I’m trying to figure out a way to use a .25 end mill to remove most of a pocket and then a .125 to finish out the detail. This would save a ton of time. Any ideas? Thanks, y’all.

[WillAdams (William Adams (Carbide 3D))]

This is known as “Rest” machining — it is a feature in Carbide Create Pro:

Carbide Create Pro

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• (NEW) Rest Machining for CC Pro. (Need a better error message when no toolpath is required)

Rest Machining How Does it Work in CC

I have the new feature in CC that is Rest Machining. I read about what rest machining is in other CAD applications. Basically it cleans up what a larger tool cannot get to in a tool path. So my question is in CC when a tool path is generated and you check Rest Machining is another tool path generated to get what is missed by a larger tool. The dialog box asks for the previous diameter. In my tool path I chose a 1" fly bit to pocket a rectangle. [rest_machining] The preview shows the left…

Alternately, one can do the geometric hoops to separate the areas which need to have the smaller tool applied:

Carving same design with different bits

This is known as “rest” machining. At this time, Carbide Create does not support this feature — one can do it manually by insetting by the endmill diameter, then outsetting by the diameter: [image] resulting in: [image] resulting in: [image] Draw in geometry which defines the area you wish to work with and duplicate the original: [image] drag the original back into alignment and select it and the drawn in geometry and do a Boolean intersection: [image] [image] then select the o…

[Westers (Will)]

Thank you so much. This helps!