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Scott I'm no good at post processors but I like the idea of being able to switch to different smoothing profile In the post, and then switch back to a default smoothing profile at the end of a job. I've added 2 new smoothing profiles to Acron but have not tried them, got a V-carve job to do first. W...

Scott I'm no good at post processors but I like the idea of being able to switch to different smoothing profile In the post, and then switch back to a default smoothing profile at the end of a job. I've added 2 new smoothing profiles to Acron but have not tried them, got a V-carve job to do first. W...

Just amazing detail Scott I have read up on the smoothing settings as you suggested, but some of it was ...... well over my head lol. But your explanation was just what I was looking for, a little direction. Now I feel more confident in tweaking the smoothing settings. My machine is all ball screws ...

Just amazing detail Scott I have read up on the smoothing settings as you suggested, but some of it was ...... well over my head lol. But your explanation was just what I was looking for, a little direction. Now I feel more confident in tweaking the smoothing settings. My machine is all ball screws ...

Hey, pretty cool design Dan

Very nice Scott, Your level of detail is so good. I am new to the 3D game trying out different feeds and speeds & bits, step overs, roughing passes. I see I have a bit of schooling yet to do. :D Thanks for posting your recipe. I struggle between cut quality/detail and time to carve. I shoot for ...

Very nice Scott, Your level of detail is so good. I am new to the 3D game trying out different feeds and speeds & bits, step overs, roughing passes. I see I have a bit of schooling yet to do. :D Thanks for posting your recipe. I struggle between cut quality/detail and time to carve. I shoot for ...

Well I did the update to CNC12 4 .14 this weekend and it went pretty smooth. So I tried it out on one of Vectrics project of the month. It took 3 hours at 110 ipm 9% step over 1mm taper ball nose bit No roughing passes just the finishing pass. I tried it first at 150 ipm but my machine is not ridged...

Jay I bought a refurb(Lenovo Thinkcentre M73 (TFF) Ultra Small Form Factor Tiny PC - Core i5 (4570T) 2.9GHz Dual Core CPU - 128GB SSD - 8GB RAM -) thread 1983) from new egg to replace the suspect pc. Good so far. My sons old gaming rig is a Frankenstein of parts, E8500 intel water cooled 1315 thread...

Hey Dan I haven't cut much plywood, just the 3 shamrocks before I had all my problems. But I would use a down cut or compression bit to minimize splintering. The shamrocks were cut from 3/4 birch ply and had a coat of poly . It was scrap ply. The other thing I tried was. to do a offset cut of .040 o...