Chipout in Carving

[ByBry]

Anyone have any ideas on preventing chipout on carvings? This happens a lot when trying to carve detail in letters or patterns. When a line is very thin it tends to destroy the line. I know that drafting may improve it but it also kills the desired effect. It looks perfect in the sofdtware but the machine can't comply.

I do have the carvetight bits and I do use best quality. It is one of the most frustrating features of the carvewright. 97% of the carving is beautiful. 3% sends it to the fireplace.

[Kenm810]

ByBry,

Using a little bit of Draft is one of the best ways to help prevent chip-outs, but not the only
Reducing the Height of the text a little or selecting the Bold Option can also help
Remember some text fonts carve better than others, plus tighter grained or hard woods
seem to hold up better to text carning -- so if you can experiment with a few
on a piece of scrap to get the results you want