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<blockquote data-quote="Carl Klinkenborg" data-source="post: 219074" data-attributes="member: 12770"><p>Processed woods (we cut mainly MDF) are very tough on cutters, but carbide will be fine on low runs in ply and softwoods - they are cheap enough to use for a few hours and are easy enough to sharpen.</p><p>The machine you mention looks like it would suffer the common problem which we encountered, that of flexibility, but it is a hobby machine after all. If you take several shallow cuts it will absolutely do the job - but slowly. I'm still not sure about the little spindle though despite its nice collet chuck!</p><p>FreeCad is hugely over-spec'd for profiling; I wish they would offer a stripped down Profiling Only version! In the end, choose the CAD with which you feel most comfortable with but that also enjoys comprehensive online support (YouTube).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Carl Klinkenborg, post: 219074, member: 12770"] Processed woods (we cut mainly MDF) are very tough on cutters, but carbide will be fine on low runs in ply and softwoods - they are cheap enough to use for a few hours and are easy enough to sharpen. The machine you mention looks like it would suffer the common problem which we encountered, that of flexibility, but it is a hobby machine after all. If you take several shallow cuts it will absolutely do the job - but slowly. I'm still not sure about the little spindle though despite its nice collet chuck! FreeCad is hugely over-spec'd for profiling; I wish they would offer a stripped down Profiling Only version! In the end, choose the CAD with which you feel most comfortable with but that also enjoys comprehensive online support (YouTube). [/QUOTE]
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