Originally Posted by
wynpotter
I work in clay and the stamps I use need to be about twice as deep as an inking stamp. I sometimes get caught up in details that turn out to be irrelevant. This usually occurs when I'm working out the details on a new venture.
That being said, i go back to a previous thread where a 1/32 ball nose bit was recommended. Am I wrong in thinking that it would take 4 passes to get to 1/4 deep and 32x4(passes) per 1in x 1 in sq times 4 sq in(2inx2in). I maybe missing a great deal since I have never tried cnc. I'm just in the dark and your solution may be the better way, I sometimes get caught up in numbers that in the end don't really matter.
Thanks for the info & patience
Wyndham
The 1/32" referrers to the tip diameter of the bit. The bit as a whole is smaller in diameter and tapered down to the 1/32" tip. You don't have to worry about figuring out all those details if you create the carving region in the Designer software it will take care of all of those details for you. But think of raster carving as an ink jet printer when it prints. The machine will run the bit back and forth on the width of the board (Y axes) and it will carve everything out across that pass at one time. You will see the bit bob up and down according to the depth required as it moves back and forth. So the machine processes that line then moves the board (x axes) and carves another pass across the board. When the carving is done everything across the region (all of them across the width of the project) will have carved out.
For small areas like you are asking about, you will likely need the smaller carving bit to retain the detail you want.
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