Does anyone know how to make a pocket hole cut similar to the one listed in the vide in the easel software so parts can be joined with pocket hole screws?
You can use a ball nose to slope down at an angle to make that relief cut. There are a few problems with this. 1). standard Easel is not designed allow you to make cuts that angle downward. 2). you still can’t create the angled bore where the screw will go.
You might do better simply marking your piece somehow to know where to use a Craig jig after the fact.
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I figured I might end up just having to use a jig but was exploring options to see if it was possible! I’ll have to do some test to see if it will make sense.
If you learn how to write g code, you could write a little program to perform that task with a ball nose bit. Then you could open it up in Easel and make it. It’s just a straight line at an angle a certain length. You could identify the x,y,z coodinates from start to end and make a little subprogram in notepad or some other word processor. Graph paper is helpful in this regard. When I started this CNC stuff, that’s how I made my first couple of projects as the CAD/CAM was just getting started.
Understand G code for beginners Part 1
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