OpenChuckCAM User guide
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6. Choose the tools

  1. Choose Tool library…. This lists the tools you can use: 54 ready-made Makera Z1 tools and some standard ones.
  2. Type 3.175 in the search box to see the 3.175 mm tools.
  3. Select Z1 O-flute 3.175x25.
The Tool library window with the Z1 O-flute 3.175x25 flat end mill selected, showing its dimensions and its cutting data for Hardwood, Plastic and Softwood.
Figure 1. The tool library with the Z1 O-flute 3.175x25 selected. Its cutting data by material is on the right.

On the right is the tool’s cutting data by material: a spindle speed, a feed per tooth and a plunge feed for each. For Hardwood this tool has 10,000 rpm and 0.100 mm per tooth.

Warning

These are example numbers from the default library; they are not proven cutting data. A default tool cannot be edited, but you can copy it and change the copy.

Then add both tools to the project:

  1. Press Add to project.
  2. Select Z1 ball 3.175x22.
  3. Press Add to project again.
The Tool library window with both tools listed under This project as T104 and T204.
Figure 2. Both tools under This project, numbered T104 and T204.

The project now holds two tools, numbered T104 and T204 (the numbers the Makera Z1 tool set suggests). Press Close.