Long story short… I’m trying to surface an end grain cutting board with a raster toolpath, but it seems that every time the machine makes a cut in the X+ direction, it burns the wood. In the X- direction, it makes a beautiful cut. I’ve tried changing the feed rate and spindle speed but without much …

You can create a series of parallel open vectors spaced appropriately for the bit you are using. Then go into node edit mode (N) and change the starting point (green node) to the end of the vector that gives you the X direction that you want. (Use the right-click menu.) Then create your toolpath b…

Is it possible to carve in one direction?

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NeilFerreri April 21, 2024, 12:44am 3

An alternative would be to use my surfacing generator. I originally made it for this exact use case.

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