#134: Customizing a Rotary Mallet

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🔨 Take your mallet design to the next dimension! Building on last week's double-sided mallet, Kyle now dives into creating a functional mallet head using the rotary axis in Aspire. Learn to transform a 2D profile into a full 3D model using the Two Rail Sweep tool. Discover how to add custom "finger grooves" and textures to the handle, adjusting them in a wrapped 3D view for a realistic look. The lesson covers essential rotary setup (including cylinder axis zeroing) and advanced toolpath strategies: 3D roughing and 3D finishing with ball nose end mills, precise offsets, and using a zero plane for seamless overcuts. Kyle also demonstrates how to generate 3D tabs for secure hold-down and provides tips for VCarve users to import the created STL file to carve the design.

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