It’s doing 300 ipm now with no problems!!
That looks great! I saw a video of CIC demonstrating this kit. I may have to try one out.
I glue up my own end grain cutting boards but I bought a few end grain inlay boards from them as it was cheaper than making my own. I have been impressed with the quality of what I’ve purchased from them.
Since that has very smooth contours, I would do the finish pass with a 1/2" ballnose. You’d get it just as smooth but around 8 times faster with the same stepover percentage.
That’s a good idea!! I have a half inch ball nose bit.. my thought was just to try what they suggested.
You basically want to use a mill that is a bit smaller than the smallest feature size of the carving. I bet on that flag you could get away with a 1" or 1.5" ballnose even.