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Is there a tutorial for the gadget TURNED PROFILE with v carve pro 11?

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Consider using the moulding toolpath instead of a gadget.
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thanks for your help. i don't know why i didn't see that video. I will check out using the moulding toolpath

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Rcnewcomb wrote:
Wed Mar 22, 2023 4:48 pm
Consider using the moulding toolpath instead of a gadget.
Are there any tutorials on using the moulding toolpath with a rotary axis?

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Create a rotary project, 26 inches long with a diameter of 4 inches.
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Create a vector that starts and 0,0 and ends at 0,12.5664, i.e the circumference of the blank. This will be the drive rail for the moulding toolpath.
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On the Clipart tab select Rotary Profiles and drag Baluster_1 onto your project.
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Click on the drive rail created in step two. This selects it. (It should be pink if selected).

Press <F12> to go to the toolpaths section.

Click on the moulding toolpath icon
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With the drive rail already selected do a <Shift>Click to select the baluster profile. It should look like this:
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Click Calculate.

Click Preview All Toolpaths
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Thanks Randall, I will give this a try. Tommy

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Randall,

I have never run a rotary project on my cnc yet. I'm setting up the vcarve file right now as in your steps above. When I go to save the toolpath I'm assuming I should be using the Next Wave-Rotary Along X - Wrap Y inch and not the Next Wave CNC inch post processor? Or does it know to use the rotary post processor as the job was setup as a rotary?

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I'm assuming I should be using the Next Wave-Rotary Along X - Wrap Y inch and not the Next Wave CNC inch post processor?
Yes, you must use a rotary post-processor.
Or does it know to use the rotary post processor as the job was setup as a rotary?
I've defined two different machines in VCarve. One for flat work, and the other machine for rotary work. I set up the rotary machine to use the wrapped post processor by default.
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