# It's alive! Time to make stuff

**URL:** <https://forum.sienci.com/t/its-alive-time-to-make-stuff/476>\
**Category:** 🪑 Projects\
**Created:** [January 3, 2020, 8:23pm UTC](https://forum.sienci.com/t/its-alive-time-to-make-stuff/476 "2020-01-03T20:23:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![David](https://forum.sienci.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@David](https://forum.sienci.com/u/David)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2020, 8:23pm UTC](https://forum.sienci.com/t/its-alive-time-to-make-stuff/476/1 "2020-01-03T20:23:18Z")

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All systems are a go, add-ons done. We’re in business.

 ![IMG_20200103_141840](https://forum.sienci.com/uploads/default/original/1X/cf46d41caa6917c08324e8365f0f46811cafae6f.jpeg)

Any tips for getting smoother cuts? This was a pretty good (I think), new Whiteside v bit…

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**Author:** ![gwilki](https://forum.sienci.com/user_avatar/forum.sienci.com/gwilki/32/366_2.png) [@gwilki](https://forum.sienci.com/u/gwilki)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2020, 9:24pm UTC](https://forum.sienci.com/t/its-alive-time-to-make-stuff/476/2 "2020-01-03T21:24:52Z")

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What is the material?  
Is the bit a 60° or 90°?  
Feeds and speeds?  
Did you import the text as graphic or did you use your CAD program to “write” it?

I’m a newbie to this, but I think that these are the questions the more experienced guys will ask./

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**Author:** ![David](https://forum.sienci.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@David](https://forum.sienci.com/u/David)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2020, 10:17pm UTC](https://forum.sienci.com/t/its-alive-time-to-make-stuff/476/3 "2020-01-03T22:17:52Z")

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![image](https://forum.sienci.com/uploads/default/original/1X/d7a7fa82abb8c7bb3c752a1c51a61e9f43eefb35.png)

The router was probably closer to 20000rpm, and I was cutting red oak finished with stain and poly. I don’t feel so bad screwing around with expensive wood when its scrap from old projects.

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**Author:** ![Airhawg](https://forum.sienci.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Airhawg](https://forum.sienci.com/u/Airhawg)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2020, 1:12pm UTC](https://forum.sienci.com/t/its-alive-time-to-make-stuff/476/4 "2020-01-04T13:12:25Z")

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Posting the Screen Shot is brilliant for us new users. While I find the CAD pretty intuitive, the CAM is more of a hit and miss experiment. Other users experience with settings is most helpful. How did you like V-Carve? I noticed that your import was a PNG file. Would a SVG not be cleaner? Does V-Carve accept SVG imports?

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**Author:** ![David](https://forum.sienci.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@David](https://forum.sienci.com/u/David)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2020, 1:49pm UTC](https://forum.sienci.com/t/its-alive-time-to-make-stuff/476/5 "2020-01-04T13:49:22Z")

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A total newbie with this, so don’t take my settings as worth anything. 😋 I do think it would be pretty awesome if people posted screenshots of their settings in whatever programs they use. Especially for successful projects. It would help me a lot.

I’m really enjoying vcarve pro. It seems to be head and shoulders above the free competition for being intuitive and user friendly. However, it is cost prohibitive and I don’t own it yet… I lucked into being able to try it out for a while. I haven’t decided what I’ll do long term.

It can import a lot of formats. I used a png here because it’s a random funny picture I found online. Vectric converted it to a vector very easily.

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**Author:** ![Airhawg](https://forum.sienci.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Airhawg](https://forum.sienci.com/u/Airhawg)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2020, 12:07am UTC](https://forum.sienci.com/t/its-alive-time-to-make-stuff/476/6 "2020-01-05T00:07:54Z")

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I too am very new to CNC woodworking. I’ve been woodworking, including some lathe work, for decades, but CNC is completely new to me. I’m not sure how much time I will be committing to CNC as my other woodworking commissions take much of my time. But I sure am looking forward to playing with a new toy.