Originally Posted by
DickB
I would think that you would want the front and rear patterns to meet in the middle, so I would set the depth of both to .25". Uncheck Floor Feather (if you have Designer 3). If you add some feather to all the spoon patterns, the bit will ease into the pattern rather than plunge, and even though more material will be removed it will actually carve a few minutes faster.
You don't have enough tabs, and especially with MDF 1/8" tabs are too small I think - the tabs are likely to break. To be honest I'm not sure at what depth to set the tabs. I wonder if set to .5" will they be carved away on the rear? I think I would place tabs on both front and rear in identical locations and set the depth to .25". So I think that tabs would be left both top and bottom.