Originally Posted by
SteveNelson46
Justin,
The plaques came out really good. You mentioned that the machine marks were difficult to sand out. What quality setting did you use when you uploaded the project to the memory card? Even though it takes considerably longer, I almost always use "Optimal" except for projects with little or no detail. Even then, the flat areas will still have machine marks. The settings actually change what is called the bit "step-over" and it's usually measured in percentages. So a 10% step-over for a 1/16" bit will be considerably less than a 10% step-over for the 3/16 bit. It's actually telling the machine how much the bit should over lap the previous pass and since the carving bits have a ball nose there will always be machining lines. Using the optimal setting will not completely eliminate them but it will reduce the amount of sanding. Did I mention "I hate to sand"?