Please provide the file which failed for a Carbide 3D machine for testing

[WillAdams]

Either post it here, or send it to [email protected]

We'll gladly work with you to determine what the issue is.

[WillAdams]

Or, for the sample files A and B, note the endmill which should be used, what size stock should be sourced, and where the origin should be set relative to the stock.

[marialarsson]

@WillAdams
Thank you for contacting us.
Actually, it was not me, but a friend that has this machine for which it did not work. The machine was reading the file fine, but the fabricated joints were not cut accurately enough (there was some deformation of the fabricated geometry compared to the intended geometry) so in the end, the two pieces of the joint did not fit together.

I removed Carbidge from the list of machines for which Tsugite did not work - I realize it might be bad marketing for you - and actually, I do not know if it does not work for ALL machines, or if it was just that one machine that had some other issue (old, ill-maintained, etc.).

But feel free to try the software, fabricate a joint, and see if it fits together! Let me know the result, and if it is successful I can put Carbide under the list of machines for which it worked.

I suppose you can export the milling path directly from the Tsugite app and test? Then you can also set the size of the wood, milling bit diameter etc. that matches your fabrication setup. Machine origin should always be the top center of the joint (see Figure 18 of the paper: http://ma-la.com/Tsugite_UIST20.pdf).

If you experience some problems running the app - let me know your preferred settings. I need to know

• Wood dimensions (width x height x depth, preferably with a square section so that width=height=depth).
• Milling bit diameter
• File format (*.nc, *.gcode or *.sbp)
• Whether or not the machine can do arc interpolation (if not arcs will be divided into many points connected by straight segments)

And then I can send you the corresponding milling path files.