Turn your words, a logo, an SVG or a DXF into V-carve toolpaths and G-code for your CNC router, right in the browser. The tool is new and still in development, so every file says so: air-cut it or test on scrap first, and tell us if anything looks wrong. Pick your V-bit, and the tool works out how deep the bit must go at every point so its cone fills each letter exactly: sharp corners, crisp walls and a clean centre line. Wide letters get a flat bottom, cleared with the V-bit or a second end mill. Watch the carve play out in a 3D preview before you cut a thing.

How to use it

1. 1. Type your words (or drop in an SVG, DXF, PNG or JPG logo) and set the board size.
2. 2. Pick your V-bit and, for big flat areas, an end mill, and enter your bit maker's feeds and speeds.
3. 3. Choose the look: a classic V-carve, hand-carved strokes, or a quicker stepped (faceted) style.
4. 4. Pick your controller and zero point, then download the G-code and the setup sheet.

What you can make

• • Family name signs, house numbers and welcome signs
• • Logos and monograms carved into boards, boxes and cutting boards
• • V-carve inlays: a pocket in one board and a matching plug from another

Make it your own

Smart passes: deep V-carves are split into passes that each take about the same amount of wood, so no pass overloads the bit. Adaptive feed slows down only where a move takes a lot, and runs at your full feed everywhere else. Skip overlaps lifts over toolpath that would only re-cut what is already cut.

Hand-carved follows each letter with overlapping gouge-like scoops, then one clean pass along every edge. Stepped turns curves into straight facets, like chip carving, so the bit makes long straight moves and the job runs quicker.

Download G-code for GRBL (Shapeoko, X-Carve, OpenBuilds, Onefinity, Genmitsu), Mach3, Mach4 or LinuxCNC, in millimetres or inches, with Z zero on the top or the spoilboard. Two bits mean one file per bit, or one file with a tool change where your controller supports it. You also get the design as SVG and a printable setup sheet.

Questions

What is V-carving?

A V-shaped bit cuts deeper where a letter is wider and comes up to the surface in narrow parts and corners, so the walls meet in a sharp line down the middle. It gives crisp, chiselled-looking letters from a single bit.

Which feeds and speeds should I use?

Your bit maker's, for your material. The tool never guesses them: you enter the RPM, feed, plunge feed and depth per pass for each bit, and it keeps them in a bit library in your browser. The chipload calculator helps: feed = RPM x flutes x chipload.

Is the G-code safe to run?

Every file sets its units, absolute mode and plane, starts the spindle before the first cut, rapids only at your safe height, plunges at your plunge feed and never goes below your max depth or the bottom of the board. It is checked by a simulator on every kind of design. Still, test on scrap first and never leave the machine running unattended.

Do I need paid CAM software for V-carving?

Not for V-carving signs and logos: true V-carving with flat bottoms, a clearing tool, inlays, a 3D preview and a time estimate, free and in the browser. Nothing is uploaded.

Can I sell what I make?

Yes, sell what you make; just don't resell the files as templates. The letter styles are free for commercial use.

If you need a more customisable option or something unique, let us know and we'll add it, usually within days.

Try next: Word Sign Maker, Monogram Maker.