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Enable base plates to be CNC'd with 1/4" bits by modding bottom most corner radius to 3.175mm (Rough POC edits for feedback...)#42

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@aaronse aaronse commented Feb 21, 2025

Thoughts on minor edit to make gridfinity printed parts more compatible with base plates that are CNC pocket milled using 1/4" bit? This small deviation from the official Zack design would allow base plates to be milled faster/cleaner than using 1/8" bits currently needed.

e.g. Round the base pad's lowest corners slightly to 3.175mm radius instead of 1.6mm...

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This is incomplete, am sharing for initial thoughts/feedback. e.g. I still need to check all callers/references of edited module pad_oversize().

…g. Minor reformatting to help readability. Minor refactor to prep for optional radius overrides...
… enable matching base plates to be CNC'd using 1/4" bits.
@aaronse aaronse changed the title Enable base plates to be CNC'd by modding bottom most corner radius to 3.175mm (Rough POC edits for feedback...) Enable base plates to be CNC'd with 1/4" bits by modding bottom most corner radius to 3.175mm (Rough POC edits for feedback...) Feb 21, 2025
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Sounds like a great idea to me!

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ostat commented Feb 21, 2025

If you like, you can submit this to Gridfinity extended. It started with this library and is actively maintained.

It's deviated a bit so you will need to merge and redo the changes I expect.

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