Foam Cutting info needed

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Afternoon,

I have practiced with foam cutting for tool inlays, I take a photo, edit in photoshop, then import to carbide create and trace-an amazing tool btw. Issue I am having for one, is it takes FOREVER. The default tool is the 102 1/8th inch bit at 10,000 setting 1. This takes roughly an hour per tool. I wondered if you could do the outline with the 1/8 bit and use a 1/4 inch to clean it up better. Also are there better bits for doing foam? I had no heating up issue sand it did a pretty damn good job. Just takes a long long time. Thanks
Steve

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You will want a single flute tool and to move as quickly as possible.

See the video on this at:

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Yes. You can do an offset of something like 0.063" inside the 0.125" profile and use a 0.250" bit to clear the pocket.

When I am doing wood, I do an offset of the diameter of the smaller bit, and the larger bit is (for me) twice the diameter. I have done three levels before. 0.125" pocket, then 0.063" outline, then second outline of 0.031".

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Thank you !
Appreciate it
Steve

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Thank you very much
I appreciate it
Steve