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If you don't have your heart set on that particular chess piece design, then there are plenty of free 3d chess piece models available on the net. You might find something that you like that is suitable to do on the rotary axis. Undercuts are always an issue to be got around. I did my chosen knight u...

This all got me thinking.
Went to the shed and started up the router to check my settings.
Lo and behold I did not have that "Axis is rotary" checked.
That will certainly add to the list of reasons I did not see the issue.

I am annoyed that someone who did not have a clue posted on the internet that the latest version of Vectric would solve this problem, when in fact, it does not. If a person does not know for a fact, they should keep their fingers off the keyboard. It cost me $400. I did not need to upgrade from V4....

Notice that the velocity on A is much higher than you mentioned above. If I set 5000 like yours, it looks like a feedrate, not rapid. I would have to do the math again, but I think my ratio is like 10:1 with the pulley setup. I have it right because I can tell it to do 3600 revs and it will land sp...

I ran both versions of your code. I could see no difference running between the two. Of course our machines and setup will be different so that may not mean much. Rotary max velocity 5000 units/min. (degrees) Have been using UCCNC for about seven years with rotary and had no issues, but again differ...

Quite impressive for your first rotary axis job. Well done.

I have used my rotary axis many times as an indexer with surprisingly good results. I say surprisingly because it has no brake and does have a very small amount of backlash. Obviously this will have a lot to do with the size of jobs done and the level of precision that is acceptable. Back driving th...

Thanks Jim.

Not that much different to single pointing a thread on the lathe.
Just with code instead of change gears.

Here is one that I ground.

As a hobbyist most of what I do on my CNC router is for my own interest or amusement. So I had a go at making a large wooden bolt. The only part that was done with Vectric was the internal thread of the nut. A few lines of hand written code for the rotary axis made the rest including the external th...

Well done. Bit of creative thinking.

[/quote] Would you possibly have any insight on my question on how exactly I would insure the model was in the correct position in Vectric when I setup each toolpath? [/quote] One thing to look out for is the horse ears protruding further than the base. Add a temporary larger diameter base which can...

I wrote long answer to your thread. Then I reread you post and saw that I was saying what you already said.

So this is an edit.

My suggestion would be to make or buy an adapter that stays on the 4th axis spindle. The aim being to make the 4th axis spindle the same thread as your wood lathe. I find this to be a real advantage with the 4th axis work that I do. Swapping a job to the lathe or 4th axis while maintaining setup can...

Interested to see what pen kit you start with.