Engraving letters - what bit? Depth?

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

The best option for text is V Carving — that will allow the endmill to plunge as deeply as it needs to, to cut to a given width. The results preview like this:

Discussion of the inter-relation of text sizes and V-bit angles at:

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Help please with design carving protocol / setup in Carbide Create / Motion

Okay, glad to. First step is to open the file in Carbide Create: [image] (I am going to do this in as much detail as I can manage — please skip over the boring / obvious parts) Select the perimeter path, set the proxy point to the upper right corner, and get the dimensions for the project: [image] Click on the gear icon, enter the appropriate values and click OK: [image] Click on the …