Tool Library Help!

[Legacy (Colin S)]

Just wondering if there is a way to load my existing tool library from one laptop onto another laptop that I use to design files. I am hoping to avoid just entering all the tools again one at a time.

Thanks!

[Caffein8ted (Patrick)]

If you mean tools for Carbide Create then look at this thread and the info of where your custom tool library should be located on your PC is there. You should just need to copy/paste the .csv file and be good to go.

Feeds & Speeds from Carbide Create

I was wondering if anyone has taken the feeds and speeds from Carbide Create and placed them in an Excel (or other spreadsheet) format. I thought it would be nice to have this information in an editable and expandable format (especially as I add additional bits). I have been meaning to do this for some time, but haven’t gotten around to it. I thought I’d ask before I started, as someone else may have a better way of organizing this information than what I have in mind.

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

Some folks have set things up so that the tool libraries are stored on a shared drive, and stay in synch:

How to sync your tool library with basically any cloud solution (Dropbox, OneDrive, etc.) - Windows only, sorry!

So, I have a dedicated laptop out in the shop to run my Shapeoko, buy my main production machine is a desktop here in my office. Since I’m trying to setup good consistent tooling information, I was frustrated that the hard work I put into setting up correct/comprehensive tool libraries on the laptop wouldn’t allow me to do all of my toolpath designing here on the desktop. If you haven’t discovered it yet, you can edit the CSV files (just plain “comma-separated values”) in Excel to take better c…