Thermwood / eCabinet Systems

Rolf,

This would be the perfect time to post your cabinet so we can be more affective help.

Forrest

Tim, Post one of the cabs that you are having trouble with and I'll nest and cut it tommorrow. I'll need the hsf and twd with any thickness change you've made. Yes there are many shops out there that outsource all parts to a cnc shop using ecabs and do very well at it. Ocassionaly we incounter probl...

Mike,

Its still a great idea. You just didn't come up with it first and neither did I . Its actually how crown is handled in some other cabinet programs. Talking to the programers they are also working on allowing moldings to be created and saved as a user standard. Can't wait.

Forrest

Tim, First picture looks like a flip op alignment issue. This is common with small flip ops in that its difficult to get them to hold in the perfect location. If the other end is cut slightly deeper thats your problem. If both ends are the same then its your tool size in the tool manager. Second pic...

Tim, It sounds to me like the cnc guy is new at this as well or he should be able to help you thru the first couple of jobs. The first priority is understanding how your designs will affect machining. This will require someone with experience in both ecabs and rolling nest. Otherwise your both in th...

For 3/4\" import chinese or domestic core you should be running 750 to 850 ipm. Maybe faster considering your using a 3 flute bit. Baltic birch is harder and you may need to slow down for it. You should get longer bit life (maybe 100 sheets of cab parts) and will know when the bit is getting du...

Its possible your bits are dulling quickly and bogging down. Are your bits turning black?

Forrest

If anything your running to slow which may have caused your bit to overheat and break. You said you heard the motor bog down and stop before breaking the bit. Did the motor start back immediatly after breaking the bit or did the control emergency stop?

Forrest

Nemanja,

What size bit? How many rpm's? What thickness plywood?

Forrest

Micheal,

That has been a suggestion from the start. I'm sure the programers are working to implement this. For now this has been an affective workaround for me.

Forrest

Guys, I don't know how you guys are doing crown and I'm sorry I didn't mention this sooner. I simply apply crown to the top of a cabinet and delete all the other parts. You can do many different configurations for instance, left end finished, right end finished, both ends finished, or just across fr...

Kyle,

Uncheck the box that rounds to nearest mm.

Forrest

I've not been able to band any partitions or added stretchers.

Kyle, Since you are planning on having your library machined, I hope you are working closely with a cnc shop before going to all the trouble. There are alot of things to consider in terms of machining that you possibly won't think of in the design phase. A cnc shop has first hand knowledge of the de...

Mike, From my experience and others I have found that changing thickness at twd. stage in certain senarios causes problems. Hence I've never considered it reliable. One area is partitions will be off centered. The other place is dado depth will sometimes be machined as if the material is still thick...