CNC Cabinet Door Pattern Tutorial – From Design & G-Code to Milling
Master how to create a repetitive cabinet door pattern for CNC routing—step by step from design to G-code to milling.
In this video, you'll learn:
• Designing a repeatable CNC pattern for cabinet doors (It can easily be adapted to any size of the board.)
• Generating clean, efficient G-code that minimizes material waste
Ideal for CNC hobbyists and woodworkers using software like FreeCAD or similar—this tutorial simplifies pattern generation and G-code exports.
00:00 CNC Cabinet Door Pattern Tutorial | FreeCAD Design to CNC Milling
00:07 Sketch & Pad: Creating the Cabinet Door Base in FreeCAD
00:35 Designing a 3D Helix Pattern and Rotating Along the Door Panel
01:23 Converting Helix to 2D Curves for V-Carving (Mirror & Adjust Lines)
02:14 Editing the Pattern Sketch & Extruding to 3D Object
03:14 Cloning & Combining Objects to Build the 3D Door Pattern
03:40 Positioning and Repeating the Pattern with Array Formulas in FreeCAD
05:05 Applying the Pattern Cutout to the Cabinet Door Model
05:27 CAM Setup: Creating a V-Carve Operation for CNC Milling
06:39 Using Arrays to Speed Up Toolpath Generation Across the Door
08:03 Exporting G-Code & CNC Milling the Cabinet Door Pattern
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