Acetal tool tray - CAM!!

Finally got enough time away from tiling, grouting, overeating, taxi driving and endless buying to get some time in the workshop. The piece of acetal stock has been on the table of The Shiz for a few weeks now and I've been itching to get machining.

Here's the toolpath(s) generated in Fusion 360. The 240 x 240 outer profile is roughed out from the 250 x 265 stock with a 2D Adaptive, then 2D Contour to finish it off. Then the 9 bores are opened up with a 2D Profile (no pilot drill, just spiral in) using the single flute end mill. The parallel bores are then tapered using a 10mm ball end mill. Finally, the top edges are chamfered using the trusty old 1/2" tool.

ncviewer seems to like what it sees:

And the graphical preview in CNC12 seems to agree: 

Was a bit confused with the "T8" entry in line 2626 etc. I need tool 19 for the upcoming operations, so why the "T8"? In fact, this is simply telling the ATC (if fitted) that the next tool will be T8 so it can get on and preload that tool ahead of the next tool change. I think it is actually associated with the previous "M6" command which is . 

You can see why I might have been confused by the CNC12 screen:

It shows T8 H19 when tool 19 is in use. Of course, it doesn't really matter, as the control point has been calculated by the Fusion post processor on the basis of the dimensions of the tool previously selected. The tool length offset is then what matters most and that's shown as H19 which is as expected. This is presumably how tool information is traditionally displayed....

Next - get swarfing....