I was asked by a friend if I could cut a 12 x 14 inch inlay for a fancy potato drawer out of 1/8 MDF. They passed me an SVG image, that I then imported into Fusion 360. (Side note - Fusion 360 messes up scaling of SVG drawings).
Since the design involved some really narrow passages, this was the first time I tried using a 1/16 bit (the downcut that Sienci has available in their shop).
First pass - 1/8 up cut, adaptive clearing with slight stock to leave, to rough the shapes out.
Second pass - 1/16 down cut, adaptive clearing with “rest machining” on and slight stock to leave, to get into the smaller passages.
Third pass - 1/16 down cut, full contours, to get the final finish and pattern.
All in all it came out nicely. A few fuzzies that can be scraped off with a fingernail, but no tearout. Not super complicated, but a nice little project - and it was nice to try out that oh-so-tiny 1/16 bit.
I’m super happy spring is finally here - means it’s much more comfortable in the garage - time to spend more time there!