Anyone have any idea of a 2D toolpath and bit combination that could be run on single tool paths that would somewhat resemble or give the feel of a weld bead? We are running a series of plaques and were trying for a background texture that would resemble or give the impression of a weld bead. Im not looking for the convex shape of a weld bead but more the repetetive pattern of a professional bead. We run VCarve Pro and I have played around with a ton of texture tool paths and overlapping texture toolpaths using the texture gadget. I can get a fairly decent result with some jitter in it that does somewhat give the impression of a weld bead.

Ive been playing around with a texture tool path that has a very high frequency and a super short amplitude and then introducing some variation with the gadget.

I can get lost for hours with these texture toolpaths and could burn through miles of material running endless samples.

Thanks for any input.