Carbide create tool excel spreadsheet

[Lukescnc (Bryan Escobedo)]

Need help inputting my V-bits information into excel, dont know what goes where V-bits include RC-45711 90 DEGREE, 45705 60 DEGREE, RC-1075 30 DEGREE ALL FROM AMANA TOOLS

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

In the newer version in order to enter a custom tool it is necessary to create a new user library — tools may then be added to that by using the graphical interface.
See:

Adding tools in CC440 and later

This is a bit different — the tools are now stored in CSV files (do Help | About | Open Data Directory to access the carbidecreate/tools directory), and it is first necessary to add a New Library: [image] after clicking on the “New library” button you will get the “Create new library” dialog: [image] make appropriate selections (note that certain endmills only appear in certain materials — at this time, MDF has the most complete listing — further note that one aspect of this is the suitabil…

For Amana endmills see

Amana tool library

Here is a .csv for the Amana tools which Carbide 3D has begun selling. Feeds and speeds are copied from similar Carbide 3D tooling for MDF and are untested: User-Amana.zip (792 Bytes) Here is a version which has the Amana feeds and speeds copied into it — breaking this up and naming it appropriately by appropriate materials and updating the feeds and speeds to match what the machine can actually cut at is left as an exercise for the reader: User_Amana_tools_Shapeoko_Various.zip (834 Bytes) A…

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About Adding Spektra mills to tool database

Ok, thanks to @WillAdams I edited the CSV for the mills I added. Most of the columns made sense, some I guessed at. I believe things are good enough to not be afraid to try them out. If anyone is looking for something to do, I am including my mills’ specs and my CSV if you would like to opine on my interpretation… -e Amana Mills to CCPro.zip (1.0 MB)