I am doing a christmas tree tray for candy and such. I want to round over the edges inside and out. should i use the outline and go on the inside of the line using a profile toolpath then do the same thing using the outside of the line using the profile tool path. or is there some other way to do th…

I used a similar round-over bit: the Amana 3/32" #56143, to make a pumpkin tray. Tools Today published a video for it here: https://www.toolstoday.com/pumpkin-tray-plans.html . I purchased the plan from them for the tray, which includes a VCarve file. The round-over bit is set up in VCarve as a v-bit…

thats a good bit i use it regularly

I’ve never used it but last night I designed a board in VCarve pro. I used a profile toolpath and machined “outside” and used an allowance offset of -.125 because the bit has a 1/8” radius. The model looked perfect, so I will see how it cuts in real life

I am still waiting on receiving the bit but as suggested here i ran it in vcarve and it looks like what i wanted [tree preview]

Looks good. I am going to test first on scrap to make sure it works as designed

When i received the bit i found that it was a 1/8th radius bit and i have no way to add it to the tools database I have tried everything but to no avail. all freaking day today and i still can’t do a supposedly simple tool database addition of a 1/8th radius form tool. no one seem to be able to tel…

Where did you buy the bit and do you have the dimensions of the bit? The image of the bit needs to be imported or drawn out and then added to the tool database as a form tool

IDC doesn’t sell whiteside bits. Did you buy from IDC? If so just download the tool info and import it

I bought it from IDC, and as to downloading the tool info I have been looking all efing day for it. there is no downloading of the 1/8th inch round over bit that I can find that is why i am so frustrated. I downloaded the entire database and there is no form tool listed for the 1/8th round over bit.…

how does one import an image of a bit?

Roundover bit setup?

Terry (Terry Healy) January 10, 2025, 10:45pm 24

While I haven’t yet tried it myself (waiting on my unit) I found this video from Garrett Fromme very helpful.

He explains the issues and how to set it up in great detail.

I hope this helps.

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Roundover bit setup?

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