Drilling Lots of Holes

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

Don’t drill, machine as a pocket using a 1/4" tool.

Test the defaults in a piece of scrap and adjust until things work as expected.

A downcut such as a #251 should make for a nice clean edge.

For rounding see:

Using unsupported tooling in Carbide Create: Roundover / Cove / Radius bits

These are usually used in routers for decorative effects in wood: https://www.whitesiderouterbits.com/products/1570 but they are potentially useful for joinery: They are also useful for rounding off parts to allow rotary motion as for a hinged lid. Unfortunately, Carbide Create does not support this endmill geometry — but using the new support for previewing a V endmill when used in a No Offset Contour toolpath, it should be possible to preview them w/ confidence by stacking a series o…