Vectric Customer

As mentioned when importing, center the object. It will have both sides above and below the level plane. After you hit "position and import", check the box "Create both sides", then adjust how much overcut you want past center. THERE IS NO NEED TO COPY TO OTHER SIDE AFTER IMPORT.
Gary

Who don't love horses?

Gary

Had no idea about the copilot until you mentioned it. I couldn't find something I was looking for the other day, and just tried the copilot and it gave me a whole bunch of new options.

Gary

Great Job!

Gary

Phil,
Sometimes it's best, or at least easier to use a different modeling software. I was just guessing at the size, but I did this in Rhino which took about 5-minutes. If you can give me the size, I can do a more actuate model and sent it to you.
Gary

Not quite sure what you're trying to achieve with "adding discs to a cube" and using a rotary. What part are you making?

Gary

Randall beat me to it, you should add a Zero Plane. When you offset, the tool will want to go to the Zero (Limit) Plane, which should be set on a separate level. On double-sided cuts where I use chip art tabs I always offset the same as the diameter of the tool. If I only want it to go so deep, I se...

I have a stand alone 400 watt laser that's able to make a 3/4" cut per pass. I vented it outside because of the massive smoke it produces when I'm making deep cuts. The only problem with that, my neighbor called me and told me that my building was on fire.

Gary

Looking at the picture of Pre-detailing, do you find it faster and easier to do the final detailing with your hand held battery chain saw rather than doing finish passes on the CNC? You definitely turn out some beautiful work.

Gary

Fantastic job. Well done.

Gary

Lot of free ones on https://www.thingiverse.com/
Gary

Depending on the direction where the rotary sits on the table, you'll have to determine what post processor to use. You need to wrap the way the rotary would turn to "A", A being your Rotary. My rotary sits in the Y direction and my equipment is Chinese and I use Mach3 so I use the generic "Mach2/3-...

You need to figure out just how you want to carve it. The model has over 1100 open vectors, which you need to do some major editing. One way to speed the process is to select the vectors in the face and put them on a separate layer then uncheck the visibility. Select the rest and do a minimal offset...

When I had trouble with the spindle dropping, I replaced the stepper motors with a HIGH TORQUE model, which solved the problem. However, in case of further problems that may happen because I have a very heavy 6-hp Water cooled spindle, I added two 1-inch diameter springs on each side. Never had a pr...

Well done, looks great. What is the metal copper coating that you use?, it looks very realistic. On many of my projects I bought some 325 metal mesh powder and mixed it with resin, but I found this copper metallic water based paint on Amazon. Instead of buying patina, I mixed vinegar, ammonia and s...