Week 2 of Shapeoko Ownership: Apparently You Have to Become a Master at Repacking Ball Bearings

This is the major thing which mystifies me in this — why?

What designs does one want which one can’t get easily as clipart or a public domain image or some combination thereof, or which can’t be easily drawn up?

Once one has the image, why not just make toolpaths using the established capabilities in Carbide Create?

The only thing which one can’t do readily is a fluting toolpath along an angle and that can either be done as a 3D model using the new Angle tool:

or by drawing a suitable shape for a V-carving if one is using a V-tool:

and for feeds and speeds Carbide Create starts with quite sensible defaults and the principles are explained in:

and

(which links have already been posted above)

What capabilities does “AI toolpath generation” afford which make it worth the tokens/electricity/data center footprint?

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