How do I Vcarve 45 degree edges in Carbide Create ?
Plate is 584 x 584 x 25 mm bottom, 548 x 548 mm top. Depth of Vcarve is 18 mm.
I have a 7/8 inch Vee (90 degrees). Should I get a bigger Vee i.e. 1.5 inch ?
I just bought such a larger V endmill because I got tired of what is noted below.
it was kind of pricey.
To avoid that expense…
Draw the stock up in profile:
Draw up your tool in profile:
Draw a square from corner to corner of the tool:
Reduce it in size to half:
Position it at the tip:
Draw a square at the corner of the stock:
Use the small square to position the tool at the top inner corner:
Duplicate it at a diagonal down to the deepest point which one wishes to cut:
Then draw geometry at the requisite dimensions and assign no-offset Contour toolpaths to the requisite depths — easiest if one starts w/ the outside and works in:
until one arrives at:
Then assign toolpaths, starting at the top and working down:
Lastly assign a pocket toolpath around the perimeter to cut the part out:
Probably it would be better to overcut the final V contour and let the square tool define where that edge is.
Increasing the size of the outer geometry makes things a bit clearer:
Attached as a V7 file:
45degree_edge_v7.c2d (72 KB)
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