2D milling

Post by **Riven** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 8:52 pm

VCarve is excellent for 2D milling also

Here you can see two happy customers, with my latest work.

Haavard

Post by **Phil** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 12:51 am

Cool!

Post by **Paco** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 5:49 am

Phil wrote:Cool!

...VERY!

If you ever felt like sharing the CAD and material info...

Keep us posted of your good work!

Post by **RoutnAbout** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 8:41 am

That is really cool, Yes i'd be interested in the files if they'd ever come availiable.
The kids has some of those puzzles, but they only stand about 8 - 12 inches, Maybe I should see if they have the individual peices in the instructions to scan and import to vcw or pw

Good job...

Don

Post by **Riven** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 9:21 am

You can find the drawing here:
http://www.cnczone.com/forums/showthrea ... light=dino

Material: 9mm plywood

Post by **Tony Mac** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 12:43 am

Attached is the VCW file for the Dino from CNCZone that Riven machined for his children.

This file is setup for 3/8" thick material and requires a 39" x 27" sheet size.

The toolpaths are for a 1/4" dia End Mill and will cut each shape in 2 passes - modify as required.

Let me know if you would like to cut the Dino from thicker / thinner / metric material
and I'll send you the scaling instructions.

I'll post a Video Tutorial in a day or two.

Tony

Post by **Wemme** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 2:54 am

Thanks Tony,
I've scalled mine to 12mm and look forward to cutting it out in the weekend.
Cheers
Bart

Post by **Wemme** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 7:40 am

Well I hacked out a Dinosaur. Due to some parts getting munched up by the spindle cutter when they came free i had to cut about 8 replacement parts.
One more reason for tabbing hint hint

other wise Great fun and even the misses thinks its Awesome.

Post by **RoutnAbout** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 8:25 am

Riven, Wemme,

That is a Scary Dinosaur, I'm not sure I'll be able to cut this one out. They look pretty mean standing there.
Looks good Guys.. maybe in a week or so I'll have one cut also.

Don

Post by **Tony Mac** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 11:43 pm

The video and pictures below show the Dino being routed from 3/8" (9mm) plywood on a Pacer router.

This router has Vacuum Table that makes holding the material very easy. The cutter was a 1/8th (3mm) single flute, downcut and it took approximately 30 minutes to cut out all the pieces.

Tony

Video clip
(may take a few minutes to start)

Post by **Jim Walters** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 12:55 pm

A few years back when i got my router a guy i was talking to about the router gave me a font called Dinos font
you put in your font folder call up a font (i call it up in mastercam scale it to the size i want than cut it i did one 48 x 96 sheet.)you can do it any other software that you can use fonts here is list of fonts you can cut just call up Dinos font type in( a is apatosaurus)a list is below

a apatosaurus
B brachiosaurus
M mammoth
P pteranodon
p parasaurolophus
S stegosaurus
s spinosaurus
T t rex
t triceratops
U styracosaurus
z plesiosaurus

there is a assemble zip file a Dinos font zip file i just got PhotoVCarve last week
and joined this site looks like a real good program if someone want it i can email them to you
Thanks
Jim Walters

Post by **rnweller** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 1:13 am

Is there an easy way to determine the size or height of the model? This will be a great gift for my grandson at Christmas. Many thanks.

Norm Weller
Evans, GA

Post by **Jim Walters** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 12:33 pm

Is there an easy way to determine the size or height of the model? This will be a great gift for my grandson at Christmas. Many thanks.

I just analyze in mastercam the longest parts check the assemble drawing check where legs go in. head size(if standing up right) or top of back than i scale to a a size i think it will be hope this helps
Jim W

Vectric Customer

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