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I am new here, and really new to woodworking in general.
I picked up a DeWalt DW618PKB setup and was doing some test cuts. Essentially trying to make a sign where I'm removing 1/4" depth around all my letters.
For my first try I was pretty impressed on just how well I did. Practice makes perfect right???
The photo is after using a small bit to edge everything. I do not have a good photo after removing the material.
I then used a 1/4" spiral upcut bit to remove everything inside the square outline. All was going good until I got to the last 25%. At that point I started noticing the depth seemed to have changed. Maybe 1mm max, but still it was visible.
My question is - is this normal or was I doing something incorrect? Did the bit expand with heat and I maybe should have gone slower or used 2 passes for the 1/4" depth?
Just looking for an idea to possibly keep this from happening in the future.
I picked up a DeWalt DW618PKB setup and was doing some test cuts. Essentially trying to make a sign where I'm removing 1/4" depth around all my letters.
For my first try I was pretty impressed on just how well I did. Practice makes perfect right???
The photo is after using a small bit to edge everything. I do not have a good photo after removing the material.
I then used a 1/4" spiral upcut bit to remove everything inside the square outline. All was going good until I got to the last 25%. At that point I started noticing the depth seemed to have changed. Maybe 1mm max, but still it was visible.
My question is - is this normal or was I doing something incorrect? Did the bit expand with heat and I maybe should have gone slower or used 2 passes for the 1/4" depth?
Just looking for an idea to possibly keep this from happening in the future.