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Gerry, Just wait for it, its coming (in mid April probably), ha ha
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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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Ouch...no thanks.
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#664
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7°F = -14°C
We're even, lol. |
#665
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Aaaa....true.....your in °F !
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#666
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There will not be Spring, only the unprepared move from Winter to Summer.
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#667
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LOL....
Have we derailed this thread enough yet? |
#668
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You could sum up my 4th axis project with that
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If we ever see summer
Derailed....naaa.....some just got.....frozen ... R |
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LOL. You are both funny.
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#671
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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 |
#672
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Nice detail on the tree and antlers.
I have a few Beckwith bits as well. They cut very well. |
#673
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I have been more than please with them
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#674
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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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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
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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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#677
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Gerry is correct, the cutting length is longer as well as OAL, usually.
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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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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. |
#680
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May I place my order Sir?
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#681
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Maybe
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#682
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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 |
#683
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The kids and the older kids will have a lot of fun with that. Very nice.
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#684
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That is what I am hoping too. Thanks for the kind words.
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#685
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Pete, beautiful board. have you tried blender cam? it's a WIP, but looks to be very promising.
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#686
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No I haven't, but I will watch and see how it matures.
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Very cool. What type of bit did you use?
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#689
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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
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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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