Facing without hitting table clamps

[Alex Lavrich]

Extremely novice question, but either I'm not phrasing my searches right or no one has asked this:

How can I face the top of my stock while it's clamped directly to the machine table and not hit the clamps along the top and bottom edge on a 3 axis vertical mill?

 

I set up a wireframe rectangle but the toolpath always ends up running the facemill outside the box, am I able to tell the program to keep the tool inside the box?

Then I can build a second op to clean up the rest of the face after moving the clamps. 

I know there's ways to clamp it from the side, but the shop is still limited on tooling so I need to make due with basic table clamps. Thanks in advance!

Op 1.pdf

[#Rekd™]

You can create a boundary (2d profile) for the first path an use an open pocket application. Just have one end open.

[mayday]

PM me for more info

you need this

 

https://fastmill.it/en/

[Alex Lavrich]

Oh trust me, there's a dozen way's I'd like to hold it, I'm just happy to be making a mitee bites fixture. It took convincing just to do that! Slowly I'll start building our work holding.

Also thanks Rekd! Worked like a charm