For more than 20 years, Ralph Bagnall has programmed, operated, serviced CNC Machines and trained woodworkers to use their CNCs.
Now you can Build Your CNC Skills with Ralph’s new book: “Beginner’s Guide to CNC Machining in Wood” from Fox Chapel Publishing.
On this page, he'll share tips and tricks to get more from your machine as well as programming tips and advice using VCarve Pro.
Even if you own a different brand CNC, much of the info here will prove useful.
Tools and machines both flex a little under load. This is why you can generally see (and need to sand out) the lines for each pass when cutting through.
There is a simple toolpath option you can use to eliminate these tool marks, and in this video, Ralph shows it to you.
You can learn more techniques like this working through the projects in “Beginner’s Guide to CNC Machining in Wood”.
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