Wind Ridge Wood Crafts, LLC

Simplify Slab Flattening with this CNC GCode Generator

As CNC woodworkers, we all know flattening wood slabs is the foundation of a great project--whether it's a live-edge table, a cutting board or a simple carved sign. Setting up the gcode for this with a program like Vectric VCarve Pro or CarveCo Maker is simple enough, but it's more steps and overhead to create a file, set the X, Y and ...

Greetings, fellow woodworkers. If you've recently jumped into CNC machining, and are at the entry- or hobby-level, you've probably heard "Chip Load" and "Feeds and Speeds" tossed around like sawdust in a windstorm. But what do they really mean? And how do you use them without turning your project into firewood or hurting your machine?

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