I’m trying to understand the limitations of a 1/8" bit and vcarve. I am more versed in Laser work but expanding into CNC for some new projects. I’m testing my issue on a star that is 30 mm tip to tip. What I wanted to do was have the star routed out to the bottom of the stock (7 MM) like the stars tutorial I found here. With vcarve only I get more of a starfish ! With pocket and vcarve I get closer but not the desired result of a smooth taper all the way down.
Is there a way to achieve this in one toolpath with an 1/8" 60 deg. bit that is only as wide as the 1/8" shaft. I assumed the toolpath would just trace around the stars image going progressively deeper and removing the entire middle, but that doesn’t seem to be the end result, instead i get the starfish. Any help would be appreciated !
Thanks for the response Will, I’m on build 764. In this build advanced vcarve does what i want
but leaves a flat bottom.
Does the new version 8 change the way this would turn out ?
Or is my only solution in my current build to go to a bit with a wider blade base or can a combination of vcarve and advanced vcarve solve this ? I was getting a ridge between any thing I tried to combine and I think through trial and error of depth I may possibly be able to ultimately achieve it but it seemed like it wasn’t the right way to solve the issue.
