Dont know “what” happened but for some reason the top portion of my carve “didn’t get the profile pass”… but everything else got carved OK
Cheked z heights and code,files ect… just never “seen this” issue before…
Sorry I am too new to CNC to help but I am commenting so I can see the responses to the possible reasons of your skipped code. Good luck.
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Sean,
Did you use a flattening bit prior to carve? It looks pretty certain that the wood wasn’t flat to the CNC axis. You could try to run it with adjusting model depth a little lower, and I imagine that would solve the problem, albeit, it would still be “out of balance” so to speak. It’s hard to believe that wood isn’t flat when you look at it, but if you run a surfacing pass on it, I’d bet that it is obvious.
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I figured that had to be the case…its just the first time ive seen that “mistake” i usually plane and joint my wood before running the cnc…appreciate the insight though sir!
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Sean,
No worries, I’d like to think we are all here to help one another. I would point out through my experience that flattening by using my jointer and planer, still didn’t always ensure I was flat to the milling axises. I have learned over about 30 odd years of cnc work, you can’t beat a 2 inch flattening bit, with a quick pass maybe .005" and high speed will improve the outcome for V-carving or shallow 3D. At least that is in my work flow now-a-days.
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Sweet…is that something we do in the toolpath settings? Definitely will be tying this today… lol
Sean,
The easy way (I think) is to draw a rectangle slightly larger (1/2 inch or so) of your work piece and select a pocket cut using whatever flattening bit you have and just set the depth to .005 inches.
Jim