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by superwrench
Mon May 25, 2020 2:37 pm
Forum: Wrapped Rotary Machining
Topic: Making a pen blank with a hexagonal shape in Vcarve Pro
Replies: 9
Views: 9273

Re: Making a pen blank with a hexagonal shape in Vcarve Pro

By pulling most of my hair out, I think I stumbled on the end result. I still am having problems understanding the direction of the profile vs the rail direction. It always seems to be 90 degrees from what I see in my head. Time to watch more tutorials again, I thought I had it figured out before. T...
by superwrench
Mon May 25, 2020 1:15 pm
Forum: Wrapped Rotary Machining
Topic: Making a pen blank with a hexagonal shape in Vcarve Pro
Replies: 9
Views: 9273

Re: Making a pen blank with a hexagonal shape in Vcarve Pro

I tried again using hints from 4DThinker's file attachment, I am still failing. Here is the file I am working with. What am I doing wrong? I am using VCarve Pro 10.022
by superwrench
Mon May 25, 2020 12:05 pm
Forum: Wrapped Rotary Machining
Topic: Making a pen blank with a hexagonal shape in Vcarve Pro
Replies: 9
Views: 9273

Re: Making a pen blank with a hexagonal shape in Vcarve Pro

Thank you both for the replies. 4DThinker, that explanation is what I was trying to follow in my previous attempts. I don't have the unwrap option, looks like it is in Aspire only, not VCP. :cry: After looking at your file, I see I didn't put any "legs" on my wave pattern. Does the length of the leg...
by superwrench
Mon May 25, 2020 12:50 am
Forum: Wrapped Rotary Machining
Topic: Making a pen blank with a hexagonal shape in Vcarve Pro
Replies: 9
Views: 9273

Making a pen blank with a hexagonal shape in Vcarve Pro

I have tried this many ways, and searched here, and have come up empty. I make pens, and I want to make a six sided, or hexagonal, pen barrel with the 4th axis in Vcarve Pro 10. I have tried pocketing, tried putting a hexagon inside of a circle to get the depth measurements, all failures. Could some...