One Piece MDF Shaker Door

Terry,
I used the following bits:
Main pocket clearing toolpath: Amana RC-2254 1-1/4" surfacing bit
Main pocket finishing: 1/4" down cut EM (Downtown Jenny Bit)
Inner and outer round-overs: Amana 1/4" round over bit (RC-1052 w/RCK-473 insert)
Inner round over corners: molding toolpath using Amana 1/32" tapered ball nose
Profile cutout: Bits & Bits 1/4" up cut EM
Hardware hole: 1/8" up cut EM

The bits made it through all 32 doors, but the surfacing bit and the round over bit were showing noticeable dullness towards the end. That’s why I bought the Amana’s with the 1/2" shanks and replaceable / rotatable inserts… so I could just turn or replace the inserts. I’m not sure if that really saves money in the long run, because the inserts aren’t cheap, but that was the theory anyway.

I don’t know anything about Fusion 360… I know a lot of people use it. I started out with the 1yr free CarveCo that came with the Onefinity… then I experimented with VCarve and liked it better… it just seemed more intuitive to me. But that’s one of those personal preference things. They’re all excellent pieces of software. I actually recently upgraded to Aspire for 3D modeling, but haven’t had too much time to play around with it yet.

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