Design guide
CNC design guide
How to design parts a machinist can actually cut: where a tool can reach, what an internal corner costs you, how thin a wall can go, and which tolerances are worth paying for.
What is in it
- Tool access and reach, and the geometry that quietly commits you to a special cutter or a second setup
- Internal radii and wall thickness, the two features that decide how a part is cut before anything else does
- Which tolerances are worth paying for, and which ones you are buying by accident
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