I am getting really tired of making the same parts i have been making for 7 years. the only fun is making improvements. So I decided to work on my gcode and clean it up and optimize tool motion. gets a little scary when i get close to a fixture but i managed with no crashes.
I was previously (last many years) using various feed speeds and then using feed override to get the speeds i really wanted. it has taken years to fine tune the speeds to deal with varying grain etc etc.
BTW, running mach4 with ESS
So i changed every F command to double what it was and ran the program. I think i notice a significant improvement in finish. Specifically i was getting long wood fiber threads on the top surfaces (upcutter but ordered a bunch of other bits to try including expensive ones by Vortex.
This makes no sense to me but i have only cut 10 parts. Usually 5 are OK and then one has some strange grain pattern in it and it comes out stringy but after doubling the speeds (still that same speed in the end because i use FRO of 100%) i have not had a stringy part and the finish elsewhere looks better?
Am i hallucinating?
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