Vectric Customer

Steve got it. It's all in the 2 rail sweep. I have an arrow pointing to the box for the "Z" axis part. You can have moer than one "Z" axis component. It is drawn in the X-Y plane - but it is calculated in the "Z" I circled the "Z" component If you click on the "?" at the top of the dialog box it bri...

Ummmm - just thinking about it again, yes, there IS a way to get a varied "Z" axis component

I will go find the tutorial

That sure would be nice to have :D I don't know of a way, but if there is a way - I wanna know it as well. It maybe can be some sort of workaround. I know there are ways to create a lot of shapes using other tools. I have created leaves, thistle flowers, scallop shell, sand dollars, whales and lots ...

I'm looking for an accurate method to find Zero for the Y axis. Phil This works well. Very small dot. It has a polarizing lens that you can adjust the brilliance/size of red dot. https://lasercenteredgefinder.com/shop/ I use the laser dot. I find it quite useful. However, it can and it does runout....

Draw circles - size does not matter, but you have specified .062. The drilling toolpath only cares about the center of the circle. Select the circle and the drill go to the center.

Thanks for info Leo. I think I am following most of what your are saying. Not sure I follow the part about .25" (shank size?) part of the chipload. However, I used adze's link of the Amana tool to update the settings for this tool (see pic). Hopefully I am getting close to setting this properly. Th...

I use a lot of TBN cutters. For the cutter you have the shank diameter is .250 BUT the part of the cutter that will be doing the cutting is .8 mm. Take .8 and divide by 25.4 and you get .032 which is 1/32 inch. When calculating the chipload Vectric used the "diameter" that you have set to .250 and y...

I have cut metal throughout my career and I am happy to be able to cut soft metals as needed. I have even cut soft steel from time to time. Small cuts in the steel.

If I can do SOME I am happy.

Not like a Mazak - but good enough to get the job done.

Good one on you - don't be afraid to try.

vanowm This is a user forum. We know the software because we use it, but we do not own it or control how it works. Some of us users know how to do things that others do not know how to do. Usually there is a way, but in this case there does not appear to me a user answer. Usually it is Adrian that k...

Why would we want to make dovetails????? To anyone that is in the KNOW - we know we don't need to. To anyone who is NOT in the know - well that is another story. In the past is was as you said - just the way it was done. It WAS a sign of a well made draw. Today - go to Home Depot - or a furniture st...

I just upgrades from VCarve Pro to Aspire 11.5 because I want to venture deeper into the 3D world with my Onefinity Woodworker. One simple question: Should I realistically expect 3d carves to take triple or quadruple the carving time? Or am I missing a setting somewhere? . Thanks in advance for all...

... On my bucket list I want to make a brake for my rotary axis that is G-Code driven. I think what you have to do is something like the signals for spindle, air, dust collection. Depends on what you have for a controller. Also, I have created a brake from an old auto air conditioner clutch; low vo...

That sounds like an awesome test. In industry I have forgotten many time to add the brake to the axis in the G-code and machining was still OK but it does add stress to the axis drives. Keeping in mind that industrial machines are in a different universe with rigidity and power. Gary C posted a vide...

Rcnewcomb - that is awesome Jimcad, you would need to have an additional axis drive built into the control box to drive the fourth axis - generally the "A" axis. What a lot of (I think most hobby machines) do not have that sort of build. Therefore, axis swapping comes into play. Swapping is still a ...

We hear the sages on here with the mantra "produce chips, not dust". Yea, ok, show me how to do that on a detailed 3D carve maestro with a 12000 RPM spindle and a 1/32 bit. I dare ya! LOL Ted, Why do you need to be so insulting in your posts. Many times you do it and not just to me. I am not a maes...