Interesting…
Why not use a forstner bit to hog out most of the material then use the bit to do the rest?
If you know your going to remove that much and where then you can save a lot of time.
I saw something about this a while back on NYC CNC YouTube channel. I think it is a bigger advantage in metals, where you are using more of the bit and not just the tip. If all of the cuts are on the lower portion of the bit you are not getting full advantage of your cutting surface and wear out the lower portion of the bit while the upper is “wasted”. I am sure there is a lot of math that could be done, but I am sure the delta’s in feed and speed in both methods would even out on certain depths…maybe not shallower…just my thoughts…
peck down then trichodial the pocket at full bit depth
it all depends on what there is to mill
I think that would work job depending the only down side to that seems to be that you would have to use multiple machines to do 1 job and then spend the time aligning the work piece once done on the drill press and I don’t think on a Cnc spindle you would want to chuck in a forstner bit as most spindles for Cnc router have a minimum speed of 6000-8000 rpm which is to fast
Yeah all good thoughts I think with any operation you do it’s all about the job you are trying to accomplish but I do agree with you Shane it is a good way to make sure that you are getting the most bang for your buck on tooling
That’s one disadvantage to the x-carve in some situations the fact that you have to take such shallow cuts so using more flute length were possible can help balance out tool life
WorkinWoods:
I didn’t mean to chuck the forstner bit to the spindle.
Just that you use them in a drill to hog out a large amount of material that you know will be cut out.
Using 2 tools may seem strange but I do it all the time when I am working with building things. I use a CNC to do most of the work but I may use a sander to do clean up. Or I may use a dremel to get at placed the machine does not get.
So using a drill to quickly hog out does not sound like a downside…
oh yeah for sure I am just always looking for ways to do everything as quickly as possible with the least amount of tools
I guess you can say I am all about speed an efficiency
nothing wrong with using support tools at all I do it all the time to
for example: I used to surface all my boards on the machine but now I bought a planer because you just can’t beat the speed of it
I guess I am just wired to try and figure out how to do as many things as possible on the cnc and I enjoy trying to figure those things out lol
I look at things like a 11-axis cnc and try and treat my 3-axis cnc the same way in some cases lol
11 axis! wow
I have heard of 9 but not 11. 
Learning new things every day.
…ya. I hit youtube, it was like watching a porno.
oh yeah lol its good stuff for sure I think we all need one and should do a group buy
thats gotta make them cheaper right lol ?
Is this the same feature as HSMXpress named 2D ADAPTIVE CLEARING?
I believe so Tricodial Milling is commonly refereed to as adaptive clearing in the industry
oh yeah I believe its all made by AutoDesk correct?
HSM only mean High Speed Machining and is a generic term which just means Rapid material removal.
One can have many different HSM strategies. Even Easel sport an HSM strategy with its two bit configuration 