CNC Shark Forum

Hi Everyone, I am trying to make lines a little deeper in a design. I am using a 60 degree bit with the V-carve toolpath and have the depth set at .25 already. I used the toolpath in pine then in cherry ( burned a little with the cherry in the deep spots). It will make good depth at the deep spots b...

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Tim K from Madison WI

Thanks Bob, I didn't really know what to do with the node editing, but I played around with it and figured it out and was able the put fillets on the two corners. When I started I didn't know what size rectangle I was going to use, but next time I will figure what size rectangle and use the rectangl...

Hi I am tring to put a filet on the last two inside intersections on this file so all have a .5'' deg. curve. It wont let me can someone tell me why or what I am doing wrong? Thanks Tim

Thanks for all help! Well I tried what you said Bob and it worked I don't know how but I changed the tool diameter to .499 and it worked. I went and ran it on the shark and it worked there too. I made two trivets ran the toolpath on one side and then flipped the piece and turned it 90 degrees and ra...

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Hi, I am making some trivets for christmas, with a 8"x8" piece of cherry that is .5" thick. I am making six slots with a .5" roundnose bit. Well I made a file that was .25" deep that worked great. Then I wanted it .375" deep and changed it,calabrated it and ran it again(I didn't move the piece of wo...

Hi Buc, I changed my settings to feed rate 50.0 and plunge rate to 15.0. Well I used a 1/4"up-cut bit in a test piece of wood to check it with my dowels and the hole was to big, so I used a straight bit and it made an oblong hole the whole router went forward. Do they make a drilling bit just for dr...

Hi, I can't draw at all and I am look for a arrow with feathers like in a cupid heart and arrow, but just the arrow bitmap does anyone have one or know where I can get one thanks.Tim

Hi, I am trying to inlay a name (Mike) with two differant colors of wood. I have never used the inlay tool (don't know how too) but I am doing it with the V-carve engraving toolpath. I am using a 60 deg. 0.25 bit and my first cut is set at start depth 0.1 and flat depth at 0.2. On my second cut I mi...