PDA

View Full Version : 1/4 inch straight bit option?



Foxman
02-15-2008, 10:43 AM
I am looking over the tools menu and I don't see a 1/4" straight cut bit option. There is a 1/16", 1/8", 3/8", 1/2" no 1/4".. What's up with that? Am I missing something? Is there a logical reason why I am forced to have to include 2 tool paths for a 1/4" groove?

dougmsbbs
02-15-2008, 11:22 AM
When I'm sure it's not going to bother any other part of the carving, I just pick the 1/4" ballnose, and put in a 1/4" straight. The machine dosn't know the difference.

Foxman
02-15-2008, 11:49 AM
Awsome suggestion.. and simple.
I get so upset at myself when a solution to a problem is this simple and I don't reconize it. Thanks for putting me straight. My students will appreciate the savings in production time by using the 1/4" bit for 1 pass instead of the 1/8" for 2 passes.

luckettg
02-17-2008, 11:00 PM
I am beginning to believe this software has some serious bugs relating to pattern bit selections.:confused::(