New router bits types

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

We have a bit on tooling at:

Carbide 3D Tooling Guide

As noted, router bits can be used, w/in limits:

• they need to be able to center-cut/plunge
• they need to have a cutting flute shape which allows chip evacuation and won’t clog
• they need to be used w/ suitable toolpaths — if they have a geometry which isn’t supported by Carbide Create you’ll have to get creative:

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

These are usually used in routers for decorative effects in wood: 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 of V endmill cuts.