So I was cutting Shaun Wainford's digitizing probe housing with NFW and was pretty successful cutting the various pockets, grooves, and drill patterns necessary. I LOVE the wizards btw, the g-code they generate are impressively accurate and efficient and produce really clean results.
However, one wizard I kept wishing for is one that can pocket around a circle. I.e. - perform a spiral circle pocket as usual but the ability to leave the inside n-inches uncut such that you could leave a raised circle in the middle of a pocketed circle. I accomplished this with some effort by chaining concentric circular groove cuts with circles 1/8" larger than the last (using a 1/8" mill) until I reached my finished outside diameter.
Any chance of adding a new wizard or modifying the current circle pocket wizard to include a "leave inside n-inches" value? Thanks.
- Alex O.