No, its not the same CNC router… and different software, but still…
Yeah, the amount of time was crazy. you need to remember I’m completely new to this. I did use Easel but didn’t use the defaults. As the is no pine option, I went with what I read in the forum and used a .030 depth and a 35 ipm feed rate. I did get approved for the beta testing on the two-stage cuts, but even if I get down to half the time, we’re still looking at 15 hours. I’m still learning depths and feed rates, so those could probably bump up a bit… at least the depth.
Glad the project turned out in the end!
Getting the Dewalt spindle and mount is the quickest way to decreasing you’re cut time. You can probably double or triple that depth of cut with the dewalt (don’t quote me on that, i use a vfd/spindle so I don’t have a ton of experience with the dewalt).
Go figure… you guys made the DeWalt spindle standard literally days after I purchased my unit and assembled it. Bummer!!!
same thing happens to me every time i buy a computer. some new hardware comes out and i just spent a bunch of money on the previous gen. 
I just came across something very interesting that relates to this. I cut one part in Easel, then used EstlCAM, which I am testing. The finish difference was striking (ignore the border on the one to the right)…
…so, then I looked at the g-code with a new app that I just saw tonight.
Easel on right this time.
Holy cow! Not an arc to be found, even though grbl has supported them for a while. This translates to 1,765 moves vs. 811. That’s big.
It is even a bigger difference than what Tony is showing. I ran both Gcode files on Gwizard Editor and removed the outside profile so both cut the same. This reduced the line count to 665 for the EstlCAM file that uses arc moves for all the radius cuts.
I think that Inventables Easel programmers need to look at how they are dealing with Arcs and make the changes needed to reduce the line count and make better arc moves.
Dave
Ariel, WA
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Sounds like Isoparametric tool paths… curves are approximated by line segments
Hey there, Eric…
I’m working on a carve right now that could very well utilze the two stage carve,as there is very little material the 1/8 inch bit can’t hit, but I don’t see the options to use it on the screen in Easel. You said you gave me access, but I can’t seem to find it… Also, is there a video somewhere on the site that shows the correct and most efficient way to change the bit and get the correct Z zero???
Hey Keddy,
You should be able to see a checkbox under the “Machine” tab labeled “Use Detail bit”. When checked it will create another text field labeled “Detail Bit” for you to enter the size of the smaller bit. The text field labeled “Bit Size” is the roughing bit size.
If you have any more issues, let me know, I’m happy to help!
Oh, aaaah. There it is! OK, doing the carve as we speak… I’ll let you know how it turns out! Ked
Awesome!