Hello, I am attempting to surface my spoilboard. Tried everything I could think of, @Stewart is the only solution I can come up with!
I would like it to start at 0,0 and shave off 1 mm. If this is not enough I will run it again.
I believe I am missing something basic.
I have hopefully attached the kmz file.
thank you.
spoilboard_v2.kmz (49.0 KB)
Google earth pro has the idea that it can open a kmz file, weird.
David
Hey there,
Thanks for your question. It looks like you have a few things confused. I’ll do my best to point some of them out for you.
Though probably not the cleanest or most correct way,
One of the ways you can surface your part is with a pocket operation, with a stock height of 1, and a z-offset of 1. I’ve attached a KMZ you can work from, and some screenshots here:
BPL I will take a run at that tomorrow, thank you.
I seem to be a slow learner.
dc
there is also the level operator which clears the top of any defined stock with or without a part present. .kmz attached
surfacing-with-level.kmz (581.8 KB)
Maybe Kiri isn’t the best tool for this.
I have actually worked with Joachim making a surfacing toolpath in UGS. So if you are using that program, you could use that. It will make a raster toolpath and you can offset your tool outside the stock. So you don’t plunge your tool into the wood.
We are working on expanding the toolpath to make it a planer tool also, so you can define the wanted stock thickness, and press start and I will go down to the wanted thickness in the defined steps.
This is not to necklet KM, I just don’t think KM has the proper toolpaths for surfacing, especially if you use a surfacing bit.
Thank you everyone.
David
