Hi all -
Brand new to this, my wife got me a Bob's CNC E3 for my birthday, and I've gotten it assembled with no issues. I'm pretty competent with design software, though I'm leery of spending on vCarve until I've managed to produce something of value from my machine.
I can do some carving in general relatively well, but when I try to do a project of my own, I'm failing pretty hard. I assume it's because I genuinely don't know what bits to use.
For example, I've tried a whole bunch of different bits, but am unable to get this project (which can be seen at easel.inventables.com/projects/JObfEr4QXd0LYBqL2CghEg) to get quite right. Either the words are barely legible (60 or 90 v-bit) or they get ground into blobs (say, fluted spiral up/downcut). The one that seems like it might work is a 10-degree v-bit, and according to software I'm looking at ~55 hours to carve it.
Which is obviously nuts for a 4x4 coaster.
So, I'm just looking for advice on bits. Once I have that going well enough, I'll probably be asking about the best way to securely mount a piece.
Thanks for any help!
-Joe
A working link: http://easel.inventables.com/projects/JObfEr4QXd0LYBqL2CghEg
Brand new to this, my wife got me a Bob's CNC E3 for my birthday, and I've gotten it assembled with no issues. I'm pretty competent with design software, though I'm leery of spending on vCarve until I've managed to produce something of value from my machine.
I can do some carving in general relatively well, but when I try to do a project of my own, I'm failing pretty hard. I assume it's because I genuinely don't know what bits to use.
For example, I've tried a whole bunch of different bits, but am unable to get this project (which can be seen at easel.inventables.com/projects/JObfEr4QXd0LYBqL2CghEg) to get quite right. Either the words are barely legible (60 or 90 v-bit) or they get ground into blobs (say, fluted spiral up/downcut). The one that seems like it might work is a 10-degree v-bit, and according to software I'm looking at ~55 hours to carve it.
Which is obviously nuts for a 4x4 coaster.
So, I'm just looking for advice on bits. Once I have that going well enough, I'll probably be asking about the best way to securely mount a piece.
Thanks for any help!
-Joe
A working link: http://easel.inventables.com/projects/JObfEr4QXd0LYBqL2CghEg