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- Thu Mar 21, 2024 4:55 pm
- Forum: VCarve - General
- Topic: Deep V Groove
- Replies: 10
- Views: 696
Re: Deep V Groove
Those pictures are a spindle collet and a router collet. They are much different. With either one, the bit needs to extend out away from the collet to leave room for the cut. You can buy a miter-fold bit that will do the job. One with a 1/2" shank will produce less flex.
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 8:52 pm
- Forum: Wrapped Rotary Machining
- Topic: Spiral rewind
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1721
Re: Spiral rewind
Thank you, Gary. I still need to do a little more testing.
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 6:00 pm
- Forum: Wrapped Rotary Machining
- Topic: Spiral rewind
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1721
Re: Spiral rewind
Randall,
I didn't see your post until after I posted. I'll give that a try.
I didn't see your post until after I posted. I'll give that a try.
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 5:52 pm
- Forum: Wrapped Rotary Machining
- Topic: Spiral rewind
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1721
Re: Spiral rewind
...... It makes about 15K revolutions for the spiral and then, after the tool change, the spindle moves into position for the next cut, pauses and takes a full 10 to 12 minutes to rewind. Is there any way to tell the machine to skip the rewind and continue with the next correctly indexed toolpath? ...
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 4:42 pm
- Forum: Wrapped Rotary Machining
- Topic: Spiral rewind
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1721
Re: Spiral rewind
Thank you gentlemen. Your solutions give me some start points to play around with.
- Sat Mar 16, 2024 5:01 pm
- Forum: Aspire - General
- Topic: I can use a hand up on an obstacle
- Replies: 3
- Views: 447
Re: I can use a hand up on an obstacle
The fillet tool works pretty good too.
- Wed Mar 13, 2024 5:55 pm
- Forum: Aspire - General
- Topic: Please Help.
- Replies: 11
- Views: 825
Re: Please Help.
Here is one with a zig zag pattern using only one toolpath. I saved it as a .crv file for those that only have V-Carve.
- Wed Mar 13, 2024 5:29 pm
- Forum: Aspire - General
- Topic: New Rotary Project
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1318
Re: New Rotary Project
Very nice indeed!
- Tue Mar 12, 2024 6:45 pm
- Forum: Aspire - General
- Topic: Please Help.
- Replies: 11
- Views: 825
Re: Please Help.
If your spoilboard is 48" by 48" and you are trying to make a grid with 2" squares you only need to make the grid 44" by 44". Unless you are trying to bevel the perimeter of your spoilboard.
- Fri Mar 01, 2024 6:59 pm
- Forum: Aspire - General
- Topic: Hello CNC Patriots... I could use a hand up on Aspire
- Replies: 3
- Views: 454
Re: Hello CNC Patriots... I could use a hand up on Aspire
If you already have circles of 4" and 8" diameters then an alternate way would be to create a circle with a diameter 6" centered on the material. Drag the center point of the .25" circle to any point on the 6" circle then use the circular array tool with a rotational center of 0,0 and the number of ...
- Thu Feb 29, 2024 3:07 am
- Forum: Cut2D - General
- Topic: Job Setup Z zero position machine bed
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1302
Re: Job Setup Z zero position machine bed
There are a lot of specific used for both but the bottom line is that it really doesn't make much difference as long as it is set the same on the machine and in the software. Cabinet makers use the spoilboard (bottom of the material) most of the time because it only has to be set once and then used ...
- Mon Feb 26, 2024 5:10 am
- Forum: Wrapped Rotary Machining
- Topic: Drilling and sanding on rotary axis
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1525
- Mon Feb 26, 2024 3:30 am
- Forum: Wrapped Rotary Machining
- Topic: Drilling and sanding on rotary axis
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1525
Re: Drilling and sanding on rotary axis
..... You mentioned some sort of stepper controller to allow continuous rotation on a stepper motor. Can you expand on that? Sure. If you go on Amazon or eBay you can find controllers that will run a stepper continuously. Ya gotta be picky because most of them are for itty bitty stepper motors, not...
- Sun Feb 25, 2024 5:50 pm
- Forum: Aspire - General
- Topic: A Rotary 4th Axis disaster... I am very discouraged here
- Replies: 42
- Views: 2011
Re: A Rotary 4th Axis disaster... I am very discouraged here
Milo, I think rigging up a lathe and cutting from the side is a good solution if you are making many projects. But for just the average "Joe" your method of generating a continuous spiral is more practical. It's what I primarily use for rounding and for 3D rotary cuts. As a separate note, How did yo...
- Sun Feb 25, 2024 5:36 pm
- Forum: Wrapped Rotary Machining
- Topic: Drilling and sanding on rotary axis
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1525
Re: Drilling and sanding on rotary axis
Yes it can be done but it's not very practical. You would have to figure out the command to rotate the head stock with enough revolutions to drill the hole by hand feeding the bit in the tailstock. In this case, a lathe or a drill press would be prudent.