Where is everyone from?

Too funny! I retired from there 5 years ago. I’m absolutely sure you would not recognize the place now! Thanks! Looking forward to my Altmill getting here!

Thanks…because all I ever have is stupid questions. But, with that said, I’m pretty good at using the search function prior to asking!

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Kerrville, Texas anyone out there close?

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Well, it’s Texas so close is relative. I’m in Arlington about 5 hours away.

The toe of the boot of Louisiana 70 miles North of New Orleans.

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Burlington Ontario, Canada

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New Jersey :united_states: Near the beach!

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Romania , living in Germany for the last 15 years :wink:

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Originally Florida work put me in Ohio

There is a map sir Maybe look closer in this topic

Rocklin, California. About 20 miles outside of Sacramento.

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State College, Pennsylvania. Long time woodworker but completely new to CNC work. Just received my 2x4 AltMill and finishing setup. Look forward to sharing with everyone!

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@Taz Welcome to the group, Taz. Don’t hesitate to ask questions and seek advice. Further along, be sure to post your projects.

Thanks! Still trying to get the table surfaced. Ran into the 1.5.5 bug in the surfacing function. Think I have a path forward, but open to suggestions!

@Taz What CAD/CAM application are you using? If Vectric, simply do a pocket toolpath, making the pocket the size of your spoilboard and the depth of cut whatever you want to take off.
I assume that it would be the same process in other applications, but this is the only one that I am familiar with.

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I started in AutoDesk/Fusion360. I’ll check out Vectric. I want to take the time to eventually learn AutoDesk, but right now it’s kicking my butt!

Fusion has a heck of a leaning curve. I have been at it for probably more than 2 years and I still regularly search the web for solutions. I am sure that a big portion of that is the fact I am an old fart and stuff learned one day is gone by the next day :frowning:

On the other hand, Fusion can do stuff that Vectric hasn’t even thought of.

Vectric is fine for one-off and straight forward things. I find parametric design to be absolutely essential and Vectric doesn’t have that capability. If you are just into signs and carving stuff, Vectric is probably a better choice. I started using Fusion for my 3D printing stuff and didn’t want to learn another program so I stayed with Fusion.

With Vectric being ā€˜simple’, it is apparently (I don’t have Vectric) a lot easier to learn.

Thanks Jens. I’m approaching old fart status, just turned 60, so I’m with you! Can’t complain about the price of Fusion vs Vectric. Will see how frustrated I get and go from there.

Thanks again!