Toolpathing a deep chamfer in Carveco?

CAD (Design) Software Carveco
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Hi guys, I have a job for a customer of mine that requires cutting round table tops out of their provided 1.75” thick panels.

But thing is they want a chamfer put on them as well, which I didn’t think would be a big deal, figured I would just use a bearing bit on the hand router after cutting them out, but they want it to go 1.25” down, and that would require a bit that has close to 2” of cutting length, which I don’t know anywhere that makes a bit that big, unless we are talking specialized shaper bits.

So I have to do it with a smaller bit on the cnc. But wondering what the most efficient toolpath would be for that, I am using Carveco.

I did try offsetting my profile vector both ways by 1.25 and then setting up a vcarve with a 90 degree which will give me the result I’m after, but that’s a lot of run time, is there another way I could do it? I will be using a vbit with 3/4-1” of cutting length.

Thanks in advance

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You could select the moulding toolpath in Vectric and create the angle and depth you need

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I do plan on getting vectric at some point, but for the time being I have access to carveco only

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I’d posted about a Whiteside chamfer bit, but when I was looking to set it up in Fusion 360 to see what the cutting path would look like I noticed on Whiteside’s website that they do not recommend that bit for CNC machines.

I deleted the post because I didn’t want send anyone down a unsafe path.

I’m not certain what metrics manufactures use to determine what type of equipment they should be used on, but I trust their recommendations.

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I appreciate the reply none the less, the customer I am dealing with is actually a woodworking supply Whitehouse and they carry white side bits and I held that specific bit you’re talking about in my hand. I discussed it with them and they said no that their customer requires the full depth… which if I’m honest I was happy about, that’s a huge bit, and I’d be nervous to use that much spinning weight on a handheld router!

But thanks for trying either way

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I ended up using a large v bit, and offsetting my profile by the exact width as the depth I needed to go down and setting a vcarve tool path. Wasn’t the quickest job as far as run time and some time was wasted taking out the material on the waste side of the cut, but was the only way I could think to accomplish this, and the results were perfect. Customer is happy.

Thanks to those who replied.

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