Lets say I’m milling out some 2" letters and the font has very sharp edges and details.
I want to run a 1/4" end mill to mill out all the major area quickly, but then I need to swap in a 1/8" or 1/16" end mill to get into those left over bits that will fully detail the letters.
Is it possible to only target the remaining untouched area left by the 1/4" end mill? Kind of like advanced vcarve where one bit takes out what it can, then the smaller bit handles the rest.
Use offset vectors. Create a path outside your text. Use bit to remove that area as you did with the .250 but between the new offset vector and your letters. I would go a min of 1 1/2 the width of your smaller bit when you create the offset.
Good Luck
If your smaller bit is at least 1/2 the size of the larger, then you can pocket with the larger and do a contour with the smaller. This will cover the same area as if you had pocketed with the smaller bit.
This will take longer than true ‘rest machining’, but it is simple to program and available in the free CC.
If you’ll post your file, we will walk through this with you.
That said, if you just want a checkbox (more-or-less) this is the “REST” machining feature in Carbide Create Pro:
I really like the Rest Machining feature on CC Pro. Saves a ton of time and works great.
You could achieve the same result if you do a 2 step file where you add in some vectors to the areas that need to finish in the tighter spaces and then you wouldn’t need to do the whole area again with the smaller end mill.
I’ll grab carbide create pro in the next few days, looking forward to testing some of its features!
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