Being new to this I just wanted to Ask a question that might not have a simple answer other than trial and error. But when cutting detail wood STL files such and a wolf, what is the best finishing bit to use to get good detail? I have been trying a ball bit and a V-curve.
Also, when bringing in an STL file I can seem to keep it from cutting out the image in the tray. No matter what I set it at it still cuts it all the way out.
Any help for the noopy would be great. I have watched the videos.
I think for folks to help you may have to include the file to be previewed to understand how itās cutting?
Uploading the file will help.
The usual approach is ball-nosed tools, in a decreasing size range, esp. now that Carbide Create Pro has added an option for āStock to Leaveā as discussed at:
and adjusting Stepover to get to the desired quality/finish.
Nice , thank you. This will help me a lot.
In terms of proven product recommendations, the various bits by cadence manufacturing and design have always received high marks: https://www.cadencemfgdesign.com/product-page/60-groovee-jenny
But you can definitely still do good work with much cheaper āstandardā tooling 
A note on ball nose tools, if your design allows for it, you should prefer the tapered ball nose tools. They are going to be much stronger and are just generally more useful in my opinion.
A photo to show the extremes of my ball nose tooling comment. Similar size effective cutting radius on the ballā¦can you guess which one I prefer 
Do you have to manually enter all the dimension info for the Amana bits into carbide create, Iām definitely going to buy the left one, but Iām away from the machine and Iām pretty sure thatās not already āin the bitsā.
The ones which we sell are already in Carbide Create.
For others, see:
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