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Old Wed 27 May 2009, 18:50
Rad Racer
Just call me: Wayne #25
 
Minnesota
United States of America
ATV licence plate - billet aluminum

My brother and I made this plate for his ATV. (shown in previous pictures)

We took a 3/8" aluminum plate, powdercoated it red, then machine the plate using a Onsrud O-flute bit. The engraving was accomplished with a 45deg carbide V-bit.

The acrylic plate was our prototype, we cut it to verify our machine file.
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Old Wed 27 May 2009, 19:54
Leko
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Kaukapakapa
New Zealand
Looks good. I have to ask a question with the risk of sounding stupid. How do you get the square inside edges on the lettering using a v-bit?
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Old Wed 27 May 2009, 23:10
Gerald D
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Cape Town
South Africa
You raise the tip of the bit right up to the surface so that it gives fine detail.
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Old Thu 28 May 2009, 03:58
sailfl
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Winter Park, FL
United States of America
Wayne,

Very nice. Great job....
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Old Thu 28 May 2009, 05:03
J.R. Hatcher
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Wilmington, North Carolina
United States of America
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Not trying to sound like a wise but , but more specifically the cam software produces G-code that raises the V bit as it moves the X & Y axis to produce the square corners, after all it's a cnc machine capable of .001" moves. Gerald your answer may leave the impression that one would do it manually.
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Old Thu 28 May 2009, 05:35
Gerald D
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Cape Town
South Africa
http://www.vectric.com/WebSite/Vectr...p_vcarving.htm
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Old Thu 28 May 2009, 05:41
mikefoged
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Randers
Denmark
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Just learning about that myself, here is an good example.
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Old Sat 20 June 2009, 12:07
servant74
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Nashville (Tennessee)
United States of America
Sweet example! ... I look forward to seeing more of your work!
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