1/16 bit tutorial

I just finally purchased the 1/16 cutting but and have been looking around for a tutorial on using it along with some does and don'ts as well. There doesn't seem to be anything that covers it that I can find. Am I missing it or is there just nothing out there?

I see that I need to set the board thickness to 3/16 even though the software tells you not to but not much else.

Thanks,
dave

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Originally Posted by dltccf

I just finally purchased the 1/16 cutting but and have been looking around for a tutorial on using it along with some does and don'ts as well. There doesn't seem to be anything that covers it that I can find. Am I missing it or is there just nothing out there?

I see that I need to set the board thickness to 3/16 even though the software tells you not to but not much else.

Thanks,
dave

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There are basically two different ways of carving. Raster and vector. Vector carving is the same as assigning a bit to follow a vector or line. Raster carving makes many successive passes back and forth across the board plunging and lifting the bit as it moves and incrementing each pass by a small amount to achieve a "3D" effect. The 1/16" tapered bit is used almost exclusively with raster carving.

The minimum thickness for carving is 1/2". The Carvewright can carve on boards that are less than 1/2" thick but a sled or carrier board will be required.

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Originally Posted by SteveNelson46

There are basically two different ways of carving. Raster and vector. Vector carving is the same as assigning a bit to follow a vector or line. Raster carving makes many successive passes back and forth across the board plunging and lifting the bit as it moves and incrementing each pass by a small amount to achieve a "3D" effect. The 1/16" tapered bit is used almost exclusively with raster carving.

The minimum thickness for carving is 1/2". The Carvewright can carve on boards that are less than 1/2" thick but a sled or carrier board will be required.

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Steve,

I am talking about the 1/16 cutting bit not the carving bit.

Thanks,
dave

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Originally Posted by dltccf

I just finally purchased the 1/16 cutting but and have been looking around for a tutorial on using it along with some does and don'ts as well. There doesn't seem to be anything that covers it that I can find. Am I missing it or is there just nothing out there?

I see that I need to set the board thickness to 3/16 even though the software tells you not to but not much else.

Thanks,
dave

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Hi Dave,

Here is a link to a tutorial how to cutout material thinner than 0.5" thick. Pages 2 through 5

http://www.carvewright.com/assets/ti...cks_Sept08.pdf

Note that the new versions of Designer are geared to only cut 3/16" with the 1/16" cutting bit. This is to give a little margin for cut through. You can, however, still cut 1/4" material if you start with a board of 1/4" thickness. What you cannot do is change the board thickness to 1/4" after your project has a cut through on the 3/16" board.

(The same is true for the 1/8" cutting bit with the 1" Vs 15/16" board thickness.)

Thanks Michael, you always have the best tutorials

LHR shared a tip years ago that I use to cut plastic tags with a 1/16th end mill style bit. I use the very inexpensive Circuit Board bits with a 1/8 inch shaft inserted into a 1/4 inch to 1/8 inch holder. I setup my vector lines then assign the 1/4 inch bull nose bit. This locks the feed rate into what I call 1st gear. Normally the machine uses 2 speeds of feed rate. The faster speed has in the past snapped my 1/16th bits. Telling the machine I use a 1/4 inch bit and it stays in the low feed rate making for a nice cut and no snapped bits.

This method does not leave TABS so I use 1/4 strips of double backed tape to hold the loose tags.

I bought a ER-11 Chuck with a 1/4 inch shaft insert on the back and a 1/8 inch chuck. My goal is to make a substitute for the 1/8 inch cutting bit using this setup and the 1/8 th inch shaft 1/8 th Circuit Board bits. My other rig that I use the 1/16th inch bits is TOO SHORT and won't give me the length for a LHR 1/8th inch cutting bit. This ER Version should.

AL

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Originally Posted by dltccf

Steve,

I am talking about the 1/16 cutting bit not the carving bit.

Thanks,
dave

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Man, I totally missed the mark on that one.

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Originally Posted by SteveNelson46

Man, I totally missed the mark on that one.

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I've been there, done that plenty of times myself, Steve! :)

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Originally Posted by mtylerfl

I've been there, done that plenty of times myself, Steve! :)

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me too.

dave