1/25/2024 Replay: Handling Metric Carves with Imperial Bits, Creating a Beauty Bomb Canister Holder, Z-Zero Positioning, Tapering Spearheads, Importing SketchUp Cabinets, XY Start Position.

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  • 00:00:00 - Intro
  • 00:01:33 - Metric carves with imperial bits, all of my bits and settings in VCarve are measured in inches. A friend gave me a DXF file to carve that's in millimeters. There was a version in inches, but it didn't open correctly. I'm trying to use the metric version. I wanted to know if there's anything I need to be aware of beyond the following, ensure the project is set up in millimeters, and use millimeters for the post processor.
  • 00:05:58 - I've been tasked with making my daughter something to hold her 2.65 diameter canister of Beauty Bomb. The task is a block of wood with five columns To hold them with a 10 degree incline, so that when you pull one out, the rest slide to the front. Not sure I'm doing it right, so I attached the pictures of the file I'm using. And to allow for some wiggle room, I'm setting up each column at 2 and 3 quarter wide. I could really use your guidance on this. Not sure if I should use a large ball nose bit or cove bit. I want to make sure the tin canister's curve is closed, or the columns at least fit the tins well.
  • 00:15:22 - In bootcamp level 0 of the master course, doing a 3D carve and having multiple tool changes, XY should stay the same, but sometimes it's hard to get an accurate Z zero setting. Therefore, would it be best to use zero position in the lower front machine bed?
  • 00:22:39 - I'm creating spearheads and I can't seem to taper the blade to what a blade should look like. There's a small amount left on the edges that I would like to smooth out. For the life of me I can't figure out where in settings I need to make adjustments.
  • 00:35:33 - If I built a cabinet in SketchUp, how do I get it into Aspire to program the different details?
  • 00:43:08 - If you have clamps on your work and you want to make sure the toolpath clears the clamps on its travel to and from the toolpath where exactly is that setting?
  • 00:44:36 - Is there an easy way to have the machine go to a known preset XY position to start a job?
  • 00:49:32 - If there is any chance to look over this file and make any recommendations, I would greatly appreciate it.
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