Cutrocket files

[Kevin.krk (Kevin B)]

This will be a little long. I am new to CNC world so excuse me if this is normal but I don’t understand it. I purchased a Shapoko 5 pro 4x4 and am using the carbide create pro software. I went on the cut rocket site to get a few items to start making and 9 of the 11 I down loaded would not populate after down load. So, I used 1 of my 4 30 minute training calls to help me learn what I was doing wrong. So after 2/3 of my call time The support group figured out that files were no longer supported. So not only did I lose a training call I lost a full day trying to figure these out. So where can I find some projects with tool paths Outside of Etsy to experiment with? Thank you.

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

See:

Tutorials

Yeah, for now, folks pretty much need to have v7:

https://carbide3d.com/downloads

in addition to v8.

If you’ll let us know which specific project files you had difficulty we can look into them with you here.

[Kevin.krk (Kevin B)]

5b870074cf4c6_5b8701c63c6d8.c2d (3.2 MB)
5d5de6dddeffa_5d5de7b21dd40.c2d (333.8 KB)
5e793f85d247b_5e79402c0a9d0.c2d (127.2 KB)
6400eeb4c7dd6_6400ef32edf22.c2d (744 KB)
5ed034387bc48_5ed035106e67d.c2d (23.5 KB)
5fdeca59266fe_5fdfcad7076d2.c2d (135.1 KB)

There is one more. The cigar tray would not load. to much for reply

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

Let me know the link of the cigar tray and we’ll walk through that as well.

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

@Kevin.krk

5b870074cf4c6_5b8701c63c6d8.c2d (3.2 MB)

is:

Animal Drawer Pulls

which opens as:

in v7, but even going back to v6 is much the same, and it doesn’t seem to have toolpaths.

Attached as a v8 file:

Cutrocket - Animal Drawer Pulls - WCCarroll_v8.c2d (576 KB)

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

@Kevin.krk

5d5de6dddeffa_5d5de7b21dd40.c2d (333.8 KB)

This seems to be:

Beer Flights

Cutrocket - Beer Flights - inventejeff_v8.c2d (132 KB)

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

@Kevin.krk

5e793f85d247b_5e79402c0a9d0.c2d (127.2 KB)

Monogrammed Valet Tray

Cutrocket - Monogrammed Valet Tray - Jmcwoodworking_v8.c2d (88 KB)

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

@Kevin.krk

6400eeb4c7dd6_6400ef32edf22.c2d (744 KB)

ashtry

Cutrocket - ashtry (sic) - petruslab_v8.c2d (752 KB)

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

@Kevin.krk

5ed034387bc48_5ed035106e67d.c2d (23.5 KB)

Valet Tray

Cutrocket - Valet Tray - cdwoodwork_v8.c2d (64 KB)

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

@Kevin.krk

5fdeca59266fe_5fdfcad7076d2.c2d (135.1 KB)

iPhone/Watch Catch-All Tray

Cutrocket - iPhone-Watch Catch-All Tray - Wornstandard_v8.c2d (92 KB)

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

Note that many of these designs have one cutting a slot around a part.

Where possible avoid slotting and add geometry and cut as a pocket

Making vacuum hose adapters

While cutting up vacuum extension wands for this is expedient, it’s a bit problematic given that Shop Vac recently filed for bankruptcy, was bought at the last minute, and production hasn’t caught up. I need a receptacle for the Sweepy 2.0 dust fitting — one option would be to purchase one from Woodcraft, but Carbide 3D sells blocks of HDPE: which looks to be just barely big enough for things to fit. Measuring the hose fitting I get a diameter of ~63.5mm — offsetting that twice we arrive at…

and/or

Adding geometry to cut as a pocket with a finishing pass

One technique which is often suggested to avoid slotting is to add geometry around a part which one wishes to cut out and cut as a pocket down to tab depth — here’s one technique for that. In this case, the project is a bevel gauge which will be cut out of 0.0625" (~1.5mm) thick aluminum: [bevelgauge] Due to the narrowness of the angles, an 0.03125" endmill has to be used, so after importing and scaling the file (we will be cutting out one which is 3") we select the perimeter and offset it tw…

and consider leaving a roughing clearance and taking a finishing pass.

Best Bit for full cut through

One which has a cutting flute length equal to or greater than the thickness of the stock — pretty much any tool should work. Big thing is the toolpaths — if cutting out, rather than just cutting a slot: [image] Offset to the outside by endmill diameter plus 10% or so: [image] [image] [image] Then cut as a pocket: [image] down to tab height or the penultimate pass: [image] then move the contour down to below the pocket and start cutting at the bottom of the pocket: [image] and…

[Redlander (Tim Jones)]

I have had the same experience at CR. I do note however some of the older files were made with earlier version of CC. I went to CR to download some files to see the architecture of the file itself. This allowed me to understand the inner works of CC to CM so to speak. I then recreated the file in V7 myself. This gained my proficiency in all aspects of the milling operation.

Understanding earlier software versions used is the key. Most of them converted after saving. Now I’m into V8 and having to resave several of my own files I created.

I know this may seem tedious but it grows your knowledge base as well.