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My process has been using the tape to hold the CD down. A vacuum pod would be great to eliminate the tape, but I'm worried it will be too expensive to buy new equipment like that.

The video isn't...

Because with the painters tape method, when the bit cuts through the CD it rubs against the tape, mucking up and dulling the bit. Or it would cut into the scrap wood beneath. If I can get more...

Hi, I'm looking for a mentor. I want to be able to cut CDs like this guy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OQMdWC-JvY&feature=emb_logo
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Thanks for noticing. I actually have another thread about that (that lost some traction). https://www.cnczone.com/forums/chinese-machines/395726-cnc.html
The issue was I heard an unpleasant knock...

Re: Easel... nope, it's super basic and meant for the CNC noobs / hobbyists.

Awesome, I think I'm motivated to dust off my programming skills and write a script to do it. One day ;)

Interesting. But I was hoping for something a little more automated, since my cuts are always complex and it would take time to plan it all out manually. Plus, I'd be afraid about what if I made a...

You can see the ends in the Amazon picture... ...

I thought that as well, but then I read this from Bantam tools... for a 1/8" flat end mill they recommend
Feed rate: 600 mm/min
Plunge rate: 46 mm/min
Spindle speed: 12,000 RPM
Max pass depth:...

I'm trying to speed up my cutting time by improving the G-code generated by my software.

Currently, toolpaths cause the machine to carve one depth, then return to the zero position of that path,...

I'm cutting thin polycarbonate... milling in the X and Y is going great, but I notice an abrupt knock sound each time the bit plunges down into the material.

I tried reducing the plunge rate to...