Robert is right but for timber look for helical cutters. An upcut bit will clear material out of a slot or hole, a downcut will shear off any bits of furry grain at the edge of a pocket and compress the chippings in the slot. They are usually solid carbide so will be more expensive and brittle (tough, stays sharp longer but if you bash them they will break) I have run cnc carving machinery for 25 years, 90% of my cutters are helical bull nose for relief carving and a mixture of helical and standard tct for milling and surfacing. Dont use old blunt cutters, they will burn, strain your motor and make a mess. Woodcarvers sign off with “stay sharp”
Apologies, I had a small issue with the reference gauge and then forgot to follow it up. Life complexity got in the way. The bottom plate is fixed to extrusion D by protruding bolts. For the Mafele router this does not allow the height reference tool to sit against the bottom plate or give the cam nuts the space to locate in the face of extrusion D . I have taken pics of the situation but i am not sure now where to send them. The router was easily fixed in place level, and at correct height, using a custom made L section bit of hardwood. Couple of mins on the table saw. The workbee is now finished and running ( I love it and really enjoyed the build) but I need a bit of chat about the code my post outputs and its interaction with the workbee controller.
At first I could not get the clamp to tighten on to the mafell and im used to agricultural machinery. A touch of grease on the seating of the bolt eased the friction and I got the extra half a turn.
I lined up the shim by tapping home one bearing and inserting a bolt ,dropping on the shim and no2 bearing, flipping it all over into a 7mm hole drilled into a scrap bit of wood and tapping the bolt. Bingo . my ancient damaged fingers saved and all done
Apologies, I had a small issue with the reference gauge and then forgot to follow it up. Life complexity got in the way. The bottom plate is fixed to extrusion D by protruding bolts. For the Mafele router this does not allow the height reference tool to sit against the bottom plate or give the cam nuts the space to locate in the face of extrusion D . I have taken pics of the situation but i am not sure now where to send them. The router was easily fixed in place level, and at correct height, using a custom made L section bit of hardwood. Couple of mins on the table saw. The workbee is now finished and running ( I love it and really enjoyed the build) but I need a bit of chat about the code my post outputs and its interaction with the workbee controller.
At first I could not get the clamp to tighten on to the mafell and im used to agricultural machinery. A touch of grease on the seating of the bolt eased the friction and I got the extra half a turn.
in the exploded view in step6 the aluminium spacers and precision shims are shown the wrong way round.
I lined up the shim by tapping home one bearing and inserting a bolt ,dropping on the shim and no2 bearing, flipping it all over into a 7mm hole drilled into a scrap bit of wood and tapping the bolt. Bingo . my ancient damaged fingers saved and all done