Great video man! Thanx again!

Heres somthing cool I figured out the other day. I did an oval vector and made a "bowl" recess, then I took a nice photo of my wife and put it in chat gpt. My exact prompt was..

Analyze the uploaded image and re-render it into a technically flawless, master-level 3D Z-depth map (heightmap) optimized for 3D CNC carving.

Strict Technical Constraints:
- Output must be a true grayscale heightmap where pixel brightness correlates exactly to 3D elevation.
- The closest, highest foreground elements must be crisp, solid white.
- Mid-ground layers must fade through ultra-smooth, continuous, non-banded gradients of gray.
- The absolute deepest background layer must be solid, flat, uniform black (RGB 0,0,0).
- NO outlines, NO sketch textures, NO pencil shading, and NO artificial ambient occlusion shadows.
- Ensure all organic surfaces are perfectly blended and smooth, eliminating sharp pixel steps to guarantee a glass-smooth finish for a ball-nose CNC router bit.

Then I took that photo over to vectric aspire, smoothed it out a bit and it looked fantastic for milling as a wall hanging! I've yet to carve it out because I've been busy but the software simulation of the carve looked very good. Im excited to try er out over the weekend!

Thanks for all the videos, keep em commin! Cheers from Vancouver Island!

Your doing a great job with your beginner school videos.  I not a beginner, but I have found myself in the position of helping a friend who is get started.  I have gotten her started on your videos and she is really pleased with them.  As I watch them I too keep saying, I wish some one had shown me that instead of learning the hard way.  Keep up the good work.

Another cool "advanced" trick I do is adding a Finish toolpath at the end.  I will cut down to within .05 of my final desired depth.   Then I run one final separate toolpath where I reduce the stepover to around 20% and run it to the final depth (which is only a depth of cut of .05").   Even with a beast of a 1/4" endmill, it will leave a very smooth pocket, which often requires no sanding.   Sanding inside of a pocket is even less fun than regular sanding.   Great video.

Thanks for the lesson.

YEAH DUDE YEAH THATS WHAT IM TALKING ABOUT BRO OH YEAH DOING IT THE RIGHT WAY

Thanks for a great video 👍🏻

How cool!!!?? A video from you that I didn't learn anything new. That just means that I am nearly there as a CNC guy. Still a good video as it shows how much I have learnt

Thanks for the lesson and advice

Ahh outside in and extra borders - now I understand how to fix a recent problem I had - just like your last video, lots of very real world useful tips of the trade. Hopefully V bits with lettering is coming soon

Estou desempregado e quase concluindo a minha CNC para uso industrial para resolver esta questão do Desemprego!!!! Eu Simplesmente amo estes vídeo por estarem em português com IA!!!!

11:23 *vice 😊

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If using an atc would you change your opinion of using multiple tools for a pocket toolpath?

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