Phil's help documents and Tutorials

X-Carve Tips and Tricks
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Damnit, never thought to look for it there. Doh!

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83

How is it supposed to work. The one drop down that I saw didn’t do anything.

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Good pic! Explains so much so quickly!
:thumbsup:

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What DOC, IPM and stepover are you using for these bits. Thanks for the info

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There you go again with the bit recommendations. Luckily, I already have all of those! :slight_smile:

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…and can’t use that one. (Stock Z)

(But keep them coming anyway - I got paid today!)

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Uh oh Phil, I think you’ve been identified as a protestor and are under careful review from now on. :frowning:

103

i haven’t try vcarve yet so, do you change bit in between carving ?
may you show video of a simple vcarve diy?

105

I’m in the process of switching from Easel to UGS. I’m using the easel post processor from Vcarve right now. When I start using UGS, is this the PP to use with an X-controller (vs the generic GBRL PP) What exactly does this PP do to the GCode? Thanks for the help.

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I’m confused, I thought I use a post processor in Vcarve not in UGS. What post processor should I use within Vcarve when saving toolpaths? Should I use the XCarve one listed here? VCarve Pro – Inventables, Inc.
Or the one you uploaded on this post?

I wasn’t tracking needing another PP within UGS itself. Did you mean “for” instead of “in”?

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Dang Phil… People are going to think your are generous with your information. Great videos.

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122

Anybody is allowed to gather knowledge and make an even better video… :wink:
Some people request the world to change to their needs… cant fix that. A puppy wont help ether :wink:

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Thanks for the videos and enduring the haters. They need to follow my grandmother’s sage advice: “If you don’t have anything nice to say don’t say anything at all.” I don’t think she ever followed that advice, but it’s served me well.

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129

You should organize this all in a pdf. Maybe inventables will include it with new machines and give you a kickback. I read a lot of your posts before my first carve and I think it has saved me quite a few expensive lessons.

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132

Of course none of your amazing bits for vcarving are available on amazon.ca :frowning: I’ll have to try ebay

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135

is this a good one?

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138

If I have a jpeg of a drawing I did, can that be imported to inkscape to trace bitmap? If so, how?

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RE: your bit size adjustment calculator; just need some clarification on how to use.

1 - select the cutout, inside or outside (labeled ‘CUTOUTS’ in the spreadsheet)
2 - enter the desired diameter/height/width of cutout (labeled ‘Drawn Diameter’ in the spreadsheet)
3 - enter the measured(as measured by you with calipers) the diameter of the bit (labeled ‘Listed Diameter’ in the spreadsheet)
4 - enter the actual measurement of a test carve piece using this bit (labeled ‘True Diameter’ in the spreadsheet)
5 - Receive ‘New Bit Diameter’ data.

It’s this new bit diameter you would then use as your bit diameter in your CAM program…Easel, vCarve, etc.

Is this all correct?

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Considering the time and effort it takes to make tutorials and guides, I’d like to just say “Thanks, Phil”.

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148

If your ever board and want to do a step by step on importing a stl into fusion 360, and going thru the process to get a good gcode I would definitely look at it over and over. There are a few on the forums but it seems fusion has been updated and doesnt follow exactly. I don’t want one misunderstood part on my end ruining everything.