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Default CNC Homeshop Machining With A FADAC UMC10



"Lloyd E. Sponenburgh" wrote:


One thing I don't understand about the demo you showed us is why
FeatureCam would leave stock you wouldn't already know about?


It sounds like you've never done any 3d surface milling.

You end up with stock left over that the finish tool can't
reach (because the radius is too large).
A rest milling (or sometimes called pencil tracing)
routine will find those areas and allow for cutting
them with a smaller radius tool.

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