I have had some issues using solid vee bits. I bought some Amana solid vee bits and when using them for inlays it was not working out. If I make the same inlay using the cutter type vee bits from carbide 3D like the #302 I get good results. Seems like I am missing some thing when entering my solid bit into CC tool database. Any help here would be appreciated.
I also bought some tapered ball nose bits, wanting to get some experience with 3D carving. Obviously there is no way to input the taper into the tool database, am I going to get any value at all out of the taper of the bits I bought using CC?
Please provide the product link/specification page and a screengrab showing the tool setup which you are having difficulty with and we will look into this with you.
Tapered ball nose tools are excellent for 3D work, but Carbide Create doesn’t support that tool geometry, so they can only be used on projects which do not have feature more vertical than the angle of the tool.
Here is my 15 and 20 degree vee bit custom tool file. I dont have any problems with using them. Maybe compare your custom tools to these and see if there are any differences.
number
vendor
model
URL
name
type
diameter
cornerradius
flutelength
shaftdiameter
angle
numflutes
stickout
coating
metric
notes
machine
material
plungerate
feedrate
rpm
depth
cutpower
finishallowance
3dstepover
3dfeedrate
3drpm
703
Foos
703
703 15 degree vee
vee
0.25
0
0.5
0
15
2
1.5
0
8
14
18000
0.05
0
10
14
18000
704
Foos
710
704 20 Degree Vee
vee
0.25
0
0.5
0
20
2
1.5
0
8
10
18000
0.05
0
10
10
18000
To find your custom tool file open CC and then Help menu and Open Data Directory. Under tools is your custom tools. You can get them to open in a spreadsheet. If you modify them be sure to save as .csv format because CC cannot read spreadsheet files in their native format, only .csv files. You can manually edit your custom tool files and save them. If CC is open you must close CC and restart it to see the new/edited .csv files.