Hi,

I just made a purchase and have been reading the forum, tips & tricks, and manuals. There's a lot of helpful information posted. I'm appreciating this resource.

I'm hoping to get pointers in 2 areas to start.

1- for first carvings.... is there a preferable material to start with? I have a fair amount of eastern white pine on hand. Will I run into problems?

2- I'm hoping to carve out slot car chassis from 1/8" lexan. Is there a recommended speed and depth to do this? Slower speed and cut through in 2 passes? From reading it sounds like I'd want to use a sled to allow cutting all the way through the lexan. Any tips here are certainly welcome.

Thanks
Mike