Hey y’all, I’m still relatively new to cnc and have started dabbling with some different woods. I’m currently about to cut a large pocket in some poplar. I was going to try and use say a 1/2” windmill with 2 flutes to try and speed things up but these calculators are confusing me. I tried a couple online and it’s still showing up ridiculous cut times. 1080 minutes etc. the area to be cut out is approximately 21”w x 9”h and about 3/4” deep. And help would be greatly appreciated. I have the carbide 3D router.
What speeds/feeds? I went 0.260 stepover, 0.125 DOC, 10000 RPM, 90 IPM and got about 55 minutes. You can quite likely bump the feedrate up during the cut to reduce the time.
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Post the file so we can take a look.
turkey tray.c2d (152 KB)
here is the file.
i got it down to about 130 minutes with 1/4" endmill. still seems a bit much.
the tray pocket will be just under 3/4" and the turkey on there will just barely be engraved on top. I typically use a taper bit at 1/16" for that but if yall have a better idea for that im all ears too.
I looked over the file.
I think you went a bit too aggressive with your DOC for a SO3. .18" in Hardwood will likely cause a loss of steps. For an SO3 on hardwood would go .08" MAX DOC.
I suggest you use 2 pieces of wood that are .75" each. You can cut out the “Frame” and glue it up to the bottom piece.
If you must do a pocket cut with this project then I suggest using a Bowl bit.
Turkey Cut 2.c2d (184 KB)
Turkey Cut One.c2d (152 KB)
Turkey Cut Bowl Bit.c2d (192 KB)
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