Chamfer with 90 degrees bit
Hi All,
It seems that when I use Profile (Along) and assign a depth for the 90 deg toolbit I end up a lip on the edge.
To fix this, I created an expanded version of the vector to keep the center of the tool away from the edge.
Is there a more respectable way to achieve a chamfer without having to create an offset vector for the operation?
This seems to be true for both inside and outside vectors.
Using Carveco Maker.
Thanks,
Bill Kennedy
Comments
Bill,
How deep are you going? Hopefully not all the way through. Try outside but go about .035/ .050" deeper then when you cut it out with the end mill you'll be cleaning up the edge. If I remember correctly the v-bit is centered right on that line. What you described is what I would have done then sand it accordingly, what I described above is what I tried about (???) a few years ago and seems to work.
mike
Hi Mike! Yes, that's kind of what I'm doing. I make an expanded (or contracted) vector copy ~0.050" away from the edge. Then set the tool down far enough so it cuts the chamfer. Using 1/2" 90-degree toolbit.
When I was leaving the toolpath on the on the actual edge of the piece there was a little divot of sorts. So, I started moving the tool center a bit off center.
It seems to me there should be a function that already does this. If there is, I haven't found it.
Just did this over the weekend for a piece that was pocketed. The inside of the pocket was chamfered and the outside of the whole piece.
And yes, it warped as expected. I don't that's controllable, but that's another topic for another day.
I just don't like to see vectors so close together, but every chamfered edge seems to require two vectors-the original one and one more for the chamfer tool.
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