“Clipping” a 3D shape?

[StephenCox]

More sauce for your goose.

The difference in the two options. Todd’s option is the simplest. Works great and quick.

If you want to build more components in your model, it’s good to learn now the equal function works.

Small line you see on your project maybe scalloping. Here’s a good article below.

Author is some guy name, Robert Grzesek. I’m sure he’s familiar to a few people. He is the CEO of Carbide 3-D.

How To Choose a Stepover for 3D Profiling

It’s a repost from this form topic. By Dan Nelson.

Help diagnosing wood carving roughness / chatter?

Is it chatter or just lines left from step over with a round nose cutter? Hard to tell from the picture what scale the piece is, but could you use a 1/4" ball nose cutter and small step over, like say 10%? What % step over are you using with the 1/8" cutter? Here’s a pretty good article: http://www.cnccookbook.com/CCCNCMillFeedsSpeedsStepover.htm If that’s not the case and it really is the machine chattering I’d check the usual suspects starting with V-wheels, belt tightness, pulls set scre…

Hope I got all that right I’m sure someone will correct it if it’s wrong.

Be safe