Engraved scales
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Jeff E.
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Engraved scales
Two different scales I experimetned with - one cut on a and old piece of flooring laminate, the other on a piece of aluminum that is used to index a cutter grinder. The floor laminate scale is a little less than 5 inches in diameter - cut with .029 diameter 90 degree v-bit. Total depth of cuts range between .004 and .006 inches. I created both using Adobe Illustrator. The pictures actaully don't do the quality of the carving justice. They both turned out wonderfully - great software.
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Jeff E.
- Vectric Apprentice
- Posts: 79
- Joined: Sat Dec 31, 2005 1:56 pm
- Location: Southern Arizona, USA
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The cutter grinder index was cut with a pseudo 4th axis - a Sherline rotary table with a stepper motor and separate controller. I drew each number pair and the associated reference mark as individual images then joined them together after post processing and inserted a pause (M00 - rather than the M30) between each pair. I then had to only hit a button to index the table - better than manual, but still time consuming. After I engraved the number pairs I came back and indexed each degree mark individually - again very time consuming. The floor laminate required no intervention on my part. My CBC software is Mach3 by ArtSoft - I have used his software for about 5 years - great stuff - great price. The mill is homemade - from precision slides I got for price of digging them out of a dumpster. (I hope this reply goes in the right spot - no to familiar with the forum format yet.)
Jeff E.
The cutter grinder index was cut with a pseudo 4th axis - a Sherline rotary table with a stepper motor and separate controller. I drew each number pair and the associated reference mark as individual images then joined them together after post processing and inserted a pause (M00 - rather than the M30) between each pair. I then had to only hit a button to index the table - better than manual, but still time consuming. After I engraved the number pairs I came back and indexed each degree mark individually - again very time consuming. The floor laminate required no intervention on my part. My CBC software is Mach3 by ArtSoft - I have used his software for about 5 years - great stuff - great price. The mill is homemade - from precision slides I got for price of digging them out of a dumpster. (I hope this reply goes in the right spot - no to familiar with the forum format yet.)
Jeff E.