Working on the skateboard axle/hanger pieces once again today and had quite a few small setbacks that really made things frustrating.
Over the night, I realized that I had the stock positioned incorrectly in the soft jaws and was actually cutting the part too high. Thankfully it was an easy fix, and I could use the same piece by cutting the whole face down a bit to its final height. I also had some vibrations while roughing the part out with the 1/8" ball endmill. My feedrate is quite high for how much material I am removing and had to slow it down in the corners to prevent the tool from breaking. I also had some issues with the corners being too tight to fit with the trucks I made a couple of days ago. What would happen is I make a change to the physical model and then re-generate the toolpath; however it wouldn't update the new geometry, you have to manually go in the setup file, delete the model reference and reselect it.
I'm a bit frustrated with how long this part is taking, and each time I run into an issue, I have to go back to the beginning and start over again. I thought the run time on this part would be about 15-20 minutes, but since I keep making changes or manually slowing things down, its well above that.
The main issue I am running into is one of myself than the machine itself. I get an idea of how fast I think it should go, then try and push it to go that fast whether the machine can go that speed or not. This causes me to manually slow down the feedrate and other settings to compensate for what I programmed, or I mess up the part itself, causing me to start with a new piece.
Thankfully my boss had some grit paste that he could use to shape the two parts together, creating a clean fit. And yes, I still need to clean the face of the part still.