Help setting up 3d carve

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I have 3 questions about a project for a really good friend.

So I have a 3d carve that I’m doing. It’s approx 20x20 in size. I’m using vectric software.

The project will be in 1¾ ash with a ton of detail. It’s showing 12 hours roughing and 14 hours finishing.

Here’s the setup:
Roughing - 46102k amana ¼ up cut
100 IPM with 45% stepover and 50 plunge
.25 boundary offset
.002 machine allowance
It’s a z level roughing strategy raster x

Finish- 46282 amana tapered ball nose 5.4 deg with .0313 tip radius
100 ipm with 16% stepover and 25 plunge
Using a raster machine strategy

As far as tooling is concerned, is there anything I need to change? anyway to speedup the process without having to do a ton of sanding?

How do you handle machining times that long? I don’t want my machine running unattended overnight. I’d like to give my machine and vacuum a break overnight and start again the following day. Whats the best option for doing this?

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for roughing… amana has a 1/2 inch bit with a 1/4inch shaft… i got one and it’s a beast… much faster.

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If you up the step over on the finish will yield a smoother finish.

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And you shouldn’t. But this recent thread should be of interest to you in that context:

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Do you have the part number?

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part# 45224 is what I got

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