Odd behaviour from my Shapeoko 3

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

Cutting a slot just as narrow as the endmill is wide results in near constant 100% tooling engagement — best practice is to add geometry around the outer profile by offsetting to the outside and cutting as a pocket down to tab depth or the penultimate pass:

Adding geometry to cut as a pocket with a finishing pass

One technique which is often suggested to avoid slotting is to add geometry around a part which one wishes to cut out and cut as a pocket down to tab depth — here’s one technique for that. In this case, the project is a bevel gauge which will be cut out of 0.0625" (~1.5mm) thick aluminum: [bevelgauge] Due to the narrowness of the angles, an 0.03125" endmill has to be used, so after importing and scaling the file (we will be cutting out one which is 3") we select the perimeter and offset it tw…

For the BitSetter issue, check if the button rotates freely — if it does, measure the height, then rotate it clockwise a couple of times, then measure it — is it different in height? Repeat, but rotate counter-clockwise. If the height changes at all, contact us at support@carbide3d.com and we’ll arrange to rebuild it.

If the button checks out, please make sure that you are always using the interface for every tool change — if you still have this difficulty send a .c2d file, generated G-Code, and step-by-step notes on how you are securing your stock and setting zero relative to it to support@carbide3d.com and we’ll do our best to look into this.