Ways to create a tapered bevel cut?

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

All you could do in the free version of Carbide Create is draw things up in profile and do a series of no-offset contour toolpaths w/ a ball-nosed endmill — how smooth this would be would depend on your patience in setting up the file.

If you can generate a 3D STL you could use:

https://fenrus75.github.io/FenrusCNCtools/stl2nc/stl2nc.html

see:

Cutting STL models with Carbide Create Pro (nearly-2021 edition)

It’s been a while since I did the previous version of this tutorial (From STL file to Carbide Create (PRO) [screenshots included]) and the various pieces of software have changed a little so I figured it’s time to do a refresher. Some of the screenshots on the forum look a little tiny, but just click on them and they should become very readable [PXL_20201127_200308347] [PXL_20201127_200343337] Step 1) Finding a good STL file Not all STL files will cut equally well on a CNC; a 3 axis CNC on…