Experimenting with some different wood, tried alder wood 1x6 (Lowes)
Was getting a lot of tear out. Was just wondering if this is normal for this type of wood or … doing something wrong. Chunk came out of the “a” in the letter and the border had big chunks tear out of the edge. Alder wood not good for carving in general or you have to …
Shapeoko 4
using the Carbide 3D standard softwood settings for these bits
- 60 degree Vee bit on the letters which are about 1" tall
- 30 degree Vee bit on the date/numbers which are about 1/2" tall
- 1/8" end mill on the border