Not cutting my peak groove - Advanced V-Carve Tool # 2

Software Carbide Create
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Hello,

I am trying to cut a series of v-grove’s to make an injection mold for a soup dish.

There’s a ton more todo but I am just trying to get the groove right in CC before I move on to the rest of the design elements.

There is material left at the peak of each groove and I am not sure why it isn’t being cut.

Any ideas?

Thank you!
David

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Upload the file?

How was the geometry for the V carving arrived at?

Is a No Offset Contour w/ a V endmill an option?

3

Oops. Here’s the file. I created a rectangle for each groove. And as I type this I realize maybe the rectangle was too wide for the tool?
carbide-soap dish mold v02.c2d (84 KB)

4

Yep! I have learned my lesson. The tool can’t cut what the tool can’t touch!

That will be all for now :wink:

5

Thank you for the prompts - and listening/reading/replying!

6

This would be a good argument for C3D’s implementing multiple parallel passes to simulate a bigger bit, like the “V” software’s VCarve v-carve toolpath does