Rabbet Help

Software / Firmware EstlCAM
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Ok so I’m making tool paths for my next cabinet cut, and I’m having issues. Mostly because I’ve never programmed rabbets, usually do them by hand with my router after the fact.

I use Estlcam, and I can cut the dadoes easily using the peel as recommended in the help files, but what about rabbet cuts? I tried using the peel but that clearly wasn’t right, because it only allowed me to do part of the tool path that way. BUT, if I choose linear as my method, it shows the tool path all the way up the cut as it’s supposed to be.

So my question really is, am I doing this right? Choosing ‘Hole’, then making the part I want to Rabbet a pocket? Or is there another way to achieve this?

And is linear a good idea for a LR2? Or nah?

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I have done them before, and I chose to add a rectangle in CAD that extended past the edge of the workpiece.

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Yes, I designed my CAD the same way. Just not sure how to set it up in CAM tho.

Edit: Maybe I shoulda put this in the software topic, I wasn’t thinking when I posted it here. Could someone please move it, so maybe a fellow Estlcam’er will see it? Thanks!