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Hello,
I am new to Fusion 360, which I am looking to use/learn to use with my hobby CNC machine. So far, I have done the fusion 360 introduction tutorials and created a waste board.
Now, I am looking to make a dust shoe. I have created a trace, with two holes; one for the router and one for the dust collector hose. I also want to make a channel/slot that is 10 mm from the edge of the design that goes all the way around following the outside edge in a complete circle/path. I would like this channel/slot to be 10 mm offset from the edge and as wide as my router bit (6.35 mm) and 5 mm deep. I am not sure how to do this, I have tried searching google but can not find my answer. I have attached my design. Any guidance/advice or links to an appropriate tutorial would be much appreciated.
Thanks,
-Michael
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@Anonymous
Probably a simple contour will be the easiest and best way to make your slot, see the attached file for a quick example of a contour that is 13.175mm from the existing shape so that`s your 10mm plus the radius of your cutter, I think ![]()
Anyway, try it out and if it isn`t exactly what you want then it can easily be changed, right now it is a single depth of cut but can be set to do steps down if one full depth cut is too much for the machine ![]()
Regards
Rob
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In your sketch use Offset to create your slot. In the attached model I extruded your material to 15mm and created a slot with some example cut paths. Hope this helps.
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Engineguy,
Thank-you for your reply. I took a look at your file and though the advice on using contour in CAM context is helpful, I was curious as to how to make the required edit within the Model context. I have figured this out using Offset via the reply from randyT9V9C.
Cheers,
-Michael
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@randyT9V9C wrote:In your sketch use Offset to create your slot. In the attached model I extruded your material to 15mm and created a slot with some example cut paths. Hope this helps.
Thanks, this is exactly what I was looking for. I have modified my original file using Offset in order to obtain the same results!
I have another question; I now want to add a line/cut the width of my bit (6.35mm) from the smaller circle to the corner of the entire design. This would let me thread a screw from 1 side of the dust shoe to the other and tighten the dust shoe onto the router. Would the best approach for accomplishing this be to use a rectangle trace on an angle and then trim?
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