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<blockquote data-quote="Max Warasila" data-source="post: 140877" data-attributes="member: 3845">Re: 60 Degree&nbsp; DIY Mid HiLol, Helge, as well they should. Otherwise they can&#039;t be sure the cuts are being performed correctly. My particular model is designed to fit perfectly with the B&amp;C NDL1276 basket, so I&#039;ll redraw it for you if you choose a different model.Phil, you&#039;re always good at catching the things we wouldn&#039;t think of, but to respond to your questions and musings:<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The end mill is your standard, run of the mill (ha) 1/4&quot; double flute downcut. Spindle @ 14000 rpm, and 70ips feed rate. Nothing too fancy, and nothing too boring; really just correcting for the downcut slightly. This is, of course, if I simply cut the pieces out and then do the secondary operations separately, which brings us to...</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Yes, my CAM package is very smart <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> But even if it wasn&#039;t, the project is well within the &quot;good enough&quot; range, as my pathing isn&#039;t at all aggressive.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">You&#039;re absolutely right regarding that I could do it on a table saw and router. In fact it&#039;ll probably be faster, create a better cut, and far less expensive (and, if I&#039;m honest, will actually work). However, if I were to do that, I would be using the panel saw to cut out my parts anyway, so why bother? In all honesty, the deciding factor was that I couldn&#039;t find a metric ruler or tape measure that I didn&#039;t have to order.</li>
</ul>It doesn&#039;t have to be done all CNC. If I were a master carpenter, I wouldn&#039;t even bother touching the thing. However, I&#039;m not, and I don&#039;t need to be. At any rate, I will be testing out this particular process tonight, and it will be most interesting to see what becomes of it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Max Warasila, post: 140877, member: 3845"] Re: 60 Degree DIY Mid Hi Lol, Helge, as well they should. Otherwise they can't be sure the cuts are being performed correctly. My particular model is designed to fit perfectly with the B&C NDL1276 basket, so I'll redraw it for you if you choose a different model. Phil, you're always good at catching the things we wouldn't think of, but to respond to your questions and musings: [LIST] [*]The end mill is your standard, run of the mill (ha) 1/4" double flute downcut. Spindle @ 14000 rpm, and 70ips feed rate. Nothing too fancy, and nothing too boring; really just correcting for the downcut slightly. This is, of course, if I simply cut the pieces out and then do the secondary operations separately, which brings us to... [*]Yes, my CAM package is very smart :) But even if it wasn't, the project is well within the "good enough" range, as my pathing isn't at all aggressive. [*]You're absolutely right regarding that I could do it on a table saw and router. In fact it'll probably be faster, create a better cut, and far less expensive (and, if I'm honest, will actually work). However, if I were to do that, I would be using the panel saw to cut out my parts anyway, so why bother? In all honesty, the deciding factor was that I couldn't find a metric ruler or tape measure that I didn't have to order. [/LIST] It doesn't have to be done all CNC. If I were a master carpenter, I wouldn't even bother touching the thing. However, I'm not, and I don't need to be. At any rate, I will be testing out this particular process tonight, and it will be most interesting to see what becomes of it. [/QUOTE]

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