Tutorials - give me some ideas!

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

This one has multiple pockets:

Let's make a coaster

The prototypical first job for a Shapeoko is to cut a coaster — here we do this using Carbide Create, trying to make the job as simple as possible, but adding a bit of interest with an inlay, and increasing the utility of the object by rounding off the corners. Before any real setup it will be best to go into Job Setup and Clear the drawing, and set the measurement units — please use mm (metric) for this tutorial. Note that the feeds and speeds in the Carbide 3D charts are given in Imperial inc…

a bit more complex:

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and there’s this for engraving:

Help please with design carving protocol / setup in Carbide Create / Motion

Okay, glad to. First step is to open the file in Carbide Create: [image] (I am going to do this in as much detail as I can manage — please skip over the boring / obvious parts) Select the perimeter path, set the proxy point to the upper right corner, and get the dimensions for the project: [image] Click on the gear icon, enter the appropriate values and click OK: [image] Click on the …