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Tool Number = Applicable to the EBF only. It is up to you to choose the tool numbers that correspond with which tools you plan to put in each tool holder slot. VCarve will usually show an error if you try to use two tools with different profiles with the same tool number.
Example Settings for 1/8 End Mill
Example Settings for 1/4 End Mill
Examples:
- Members have added lots of tools to the Tool Database and those tools may not have the same settings applied that you want to use. If you're editing your file on the shared machine, pick a tool you want to use, make sure to check all settings and don't assume that the tools has been setup the way you want to use it.
- For example, on the Purcellville computer's copy of VCarve, one of the "End Mill (1/8")" tools is setup to do a Pass Depth of 1" per pass, pretty much guaranteed to break the endmill the first time it tries to cut 1" deep through material like wood or plastic in one pass. However this tool may have been setup to cut foam where cutting 1" deep per pass is exactly what you want it to do.
- Check the feeds, speeds, plunge rate and tool number are correct. Again, on a shared machine, someone else may have set these attributes to cut a very different material than you are cutting.
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