I am trying to figure out the toolpath and workflow for some shaker style cabinet doors. I have some free plans from ToolsToday but they are for Vetric and I’m confused on how they are laid out. Does anyone have some guidance for doing this with ESTLcam? My initial thoughts are a surfacing bit to hog out the main portion of the “panel”. Then a smaller endmill to get closer to the edges and corners. Finally, a v bit to get really close. But every time I try this in ESTLcam is comes up with a gap at the corners. Not sure what I’m missing because watching the ToolsToday video it comes out looking great.
You might try using a 1/4" to do the roughing so it gets closer in the corners. Or you can use the surface bit to hog it out, then set up a second job using manual tool paths to just do a “groove” wide enough to catch the gaps in the corners before coming back with the smaller bit or V bit to finish it up
Can you show us pictures? That helps me at least to visualize what you actually want to achieve.
I may have figured it out. I’ll update after my bits get in and I get a chance to test it.
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