Ohh, add 10% more on my offsets?
My brother asked if I could try a sign, and here’s what I’ve got.
He’s a contractor, that builds homes, and figured I’d make one with his company name. This is just a test run, of course.
Why not do that as a V carving or Advanced V carving?
To offset that though you’d just select it and offset as shown above however much was necessary to make the narrowest region ~10% wider than the tool.
I didn’t think I could VCarve or Advance VCarve with a #201 endmill(as that’s all I currently have, aside from the surfacing cutter).
Also, do I need to use my BitZero every time I cut something, or only when I change stock thickness?
Yeah, you’ll want a V tool for a V carving — is a run to Home Depot an option? See if somewhere local to you has:
https://www.homedepot.com/p/DIABLO-1-2-in-Carbide-V-Grooving-Router-Bit-DR20104/100660663
https://www.homedepot.com/p/DIABLO-1-4-in-V-Grooving-Bit-DR20152/204073638
(the latter would be best for smaller things or when using Advanced V carving.
The BitZero needs to be used whenever you want to set the origin relative to a given stock position — we have some folks who set zero once, relative to a stop (usually they machine the stop to match the origin after securing it) and never change XY, only Z).
See:
Closet place to me, is a Menards.
And that kinda makes sense on the BitZero part. I’ll have to do some checking and comparing numbers.
Also, I went ahead and ran the sign. Lost some tiny features, that a couple small slivers can’t fix. However, this was only a test, and all in all, I think it came out alright?
What are the most common bits/endmills used?
I will be doing some more practicing with MDF but, i would like to get into cutting acylic/lexan, and 5mm thick aluminum(once I’m more comfortable).
By no means do I have endless funds but, prefer quality products with some longevity.
The community’s notes on this were:
Thank you for that!
What would work best for cutting acrylic/lexan?
For cutting plastics, single flute tools are best, see:
Awesome, thank you! I definitely appreciate the advice and help with all of this!
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Could you maybe take a look at this and see if the settings look okay? I resized and edited an original profile to fit my stock, for my kid use as a coin tray.
Looks like you did a great job. If this is actually going to be a cutout shape I would suggest adding Tabs. I threw some in your design just for you to look at. It is up to you how many you want. It is always suggested to place on as straight of an area as possible to make it easy for you to cut and clean.
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Thanks, Michael! That looks good to me, as I’d have maybe added too many. I’d edited tab size, and completely forgot to add them lol. Gonna give it a go now!
Tabs are, to me, a subjective thing. Type of wood, thickness of tab, distance. It is a learning thing.
To avoid tabs I use painters tape and super glue. Zero point waste board, zero to the waste board then minus the thickness of the tape.
Good tips! I think something was missed in the cutout part, cause it plunged, cut and sounded bad but, it finished like a champ.
Also to note, the cutout could’ve been a little deeper, and I should’ve slowed down with the jigsaw, cause it ended up splitting but, nothing some wood glue and clamps won’t have resolved come morning. I’ll paint and epoxy it, and it’ll look like nothing ever happened. LOL
So, this is has also been an error that pops up, every time I to connect to cutter, I’ve just restarted the machine, then it’ll connect. Anyone know why by chance? Also, is it normal to hear a little feedback noise from the router?
Also, here’s this, after gluing it overnight. Not too shabby, for an amateur.
Usually it’s loss of connection due to EMI — sometimes it’s a USB connection issue.
Try running an “air job” and jiggling/checking cables and connectors.
Here’s the “10-step plan” from support:
Apparently your machine is experiencing electro-magnetic interference — please try the following things which you feel apply to your situation and which you are comfortable doing (and have not already tried).
Please see this blog post:
https://carbide3d.com/blog/dust-collection-disconnects/
Try changing the brushes of your Router following the manufacturer’s instructions.
Start at step 1 and work your way down:
Please ensure that there aren’t any extraneous wires which create ground loops (the default configuration doesn’t have this problem but folks have introduced it when adding dust collection, or trying to ground things themselves).
Hopefully some combination of one or more of the above will get you cutting reliably — if things still don’t work, let us know and we’ll work with you to resolve this.