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  #661  
Old Wed 26 March 2014, 17:05
Tom Ayres
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Bassett (VA)
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Gerry, Just wait for it, its coming (in mid April probably), ha ha
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  #662  
Old Thu 27 March 2014, 05:03
Robert M
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Lac-Brome, Qc
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7°.....that's a nice summer day around here
here's a look at this morning situation :


Weather.jpg

.....
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  #663  
Old Thu 27 March 2014, 05:17
darren salyer
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Wentzville mo
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Ouch...no thanks.
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Old Thu 27 March 2014, 08:23
ger21
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Detroit, MI
United States of America
7°F = -14°C
We're even, lol.
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Old Thu 27 March 2014, 12:38
Robert M
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Lac-Brome, Qc
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Aaaa....true.....your in °F !
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  #666  
Old Thu 27 March 2014, 16:41
pblackburn
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South-Central Pennsylvania
United States of America
There will not be Spring, only the unprepared move from Winter to Summer.
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  #667  
Old Thu 27 March 2014, 16:51
darren salyer
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Wentzville mo
United States of America
LOL....
Have we derailed this thread enough yet?
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  #668  
Old Thu 27 March 2014, 16:52
pblackburn
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South-Central Pennsylvania
United States of America
Quote:
Originally Posted by darren salyer View Post
LOL....
Have we derailed this thread enough yet?
You could sum up my 4th axis project with that
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Old Thu 27 March 2014, 16:53
Robert M
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Lac-Brome, Qc
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If we ever see summer

Derailed....naaa.....some just got.....frozen ...
R
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  #670  
Old Thu 27 March 2014, 17:05
darren salyer
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Wentzville mo
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LOL. You are both funny.
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  #671  
Old Thu 27 March 2014, 18:32
pblackburn
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South-Central Pennsylvania
United States of America
Flickr fixed the problem so I will post it here finally.

This is cut right from the machine with only a stiff brush cleanup, no sanding. Total size was 16.25" x 10.875" of stain grade pine. File was 655k lines of code. Used Beckwith 1/8" tapered ballnose and detailed with 1/16" tapered ballnose and profile cut with 1/4" bit. I feel comfortable now to proceed with the next cutout. Have a 30" x 30" x 1.5" piece here to carve but was a little nervous after any hardware change. This will most likely be given away as is to whoever wants it at work.


Test Cut after PMDX-108 Input card installed
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  #672  
Old Thu 27 March 2014, 19:06
darren salyer
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Wentzville mo
United States of America
Nice detail on the tree and antlers.
I have a few Beckwith bits as well.
They cut very well.
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Old Thu 27 March 2014, 19:12
pblackburn
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South-Central Pennsylvania
United States of America
I have been more than please with them
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Old Fri 28 March 2014, 02:31
Robert M
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Pete....I have little experimentation in cnc sculpting !
You result looks very well done and intrigue me as, could you tell us more on what those tapper ball nose contributed vs a regular straight ball nose...aside of what I may assume...being more rigid and prone to brake !
tks
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  #675  
Old Fri 28 March 2014, 06:26
darren salyer
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Wentzville mo
United States of America
I'm not Pete, but I find the taper lets you reach deeper into a carving without fouling the details carved in a previous cut layer, if that makes sense.
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  #676  
Old Fri 28 March 2014, 06:57
ger21
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Detroit, MI
United States of America
Tapers also ten do be quite a bit longer than straight ballnose. You can a 1/16" tapered ballnose 1" long I think, where a 1/16" straight ballnose would only be 1/4" long.
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Old Fri 28 March 2014, 12:05
darren salyer
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Wentzville mo
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Gerry is correct, the cutting length is longer as well as OAL, usually.
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Old Fri 28 March 2014, 14:42
pblackburn
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South-Central Pennsylvania
United States of America
This has been fairly well answered here but I will try to contribute a little more. The taper angle of 3° is fluted the entire taper to the shank. This produces a stronger tool with an longer overall length. It prevents burning the work piece as well because you do not have a shank turning/rubbing the wood and burning it.
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  #679  
Old Sat 05 April 2014, 10:07
pblackburn
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South-Central Pennsylvania
United States of America
Touch Probe Update

The touch probe I built based on the designs from hmsc has proved to be precise and accurate. The plans did not have any compensation for fine tuning. I believe this was intentional and for the end user to make their own based on the mount. I fell back to using set screws with a V groove to allow to lock the position in from the side when the pressure is from set from the top with the opposing screws.

I did a quick alignment today to set it up. Within five minutes the probe is set to within 0.0004" error between to rotational checks at 90° and 270° and 0.0000" at rotational checks at 0° and 180°. I checked each side 5 times to record any error and each one stopped at the same readout every time.

Overall I am please with the outcome of the probe. It would not be accurate for metal work but more than accurate enough for wood working.
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  #680  
Old Sat 05 April 2014, 12:07
Tom Ayres
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Bassett (VA)
United States of America
May I place my order Sir?
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  #681  
Old Sun 13 April 2014, 09:04
pblackburn
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South-Central Pennsylvania
United States of America
Maybe
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  #682  
Old Sun 13 April 2014, 09:17
pblackburn
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South-Central Pennsylvania
United States of America
I am working on another sign but also have to watch the kids. So finishing a sign takes a lot of time for me. The kids like to play Chinese Checkers so I thought why not draw one up in Aspire. This is the rendered image of the wavefront obj that I exported from Aspire and rendered in Blender.



Chinese Checker Board Blender Rendered, on Flickr
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  #683  
Old Sun 13 April 2014, 20:05
sailfl
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Winter Park, FL
United States of America
The kids and the older kids will have a lot of fun with that. Very nice.
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  #684  
Old Sun 13 April 2014, 20:11
pblackburn
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South-Central Pennsylvania
United States of America
That is what I am hoping too. Thanks for the kind words.
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  #685  
Old Mon 14 April 2014, 16:56
tnarch
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Milwaukee WI
United States of America
Pete, beautiful board. have you tried blender cam? it's a WIP, but looks to be very promising.
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  #686  
Old Mon 14 April 2014, 17:02
pblackburn
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South-Central Pennsylvania
United States of America
No I haven't, but I will watch and see how it matures.
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  #687  
Old Mon 14 April 2014, 19:05
pblackburn
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South-Central Pennsylvania
United States of America
Just cut, no sanding or finishing yet.


Just Cut Chinese Checkers , on Flickr
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  #688  
Old Mon 14 April 2014, 19:14
darren salyer
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Wentzville mo
United States of America
Very cool. What type of bit did you use?
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  #689  
Old Mon 14 April 2014, 19:52
dbinokc
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Oklahoma
United States of America
Wow, very nice! Looking on ebay, I see boards going for over $100 and not near as nice as what you have done.
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  #690  
Old Mon 14 April 2014, 20:46
pblackburn
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South-Central Pennsylvania
United States of America
Darren,
I used many bits. 90 & 60 degree V bits, 1/4" & 1/2" round nose, ogee, 1/4" spiral upcut. All Freud and Onsrud bits.

DB,
The funny thing is I was looking for a nice board and saw the prices then I thought I have wood here, why don't I make one.
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