Hi folks, so I bought a 1515 workbee cnc router, comes with drivers and motors, same time I bought a new driver and motor kit which is a bit over board being nema 34 so I might use them still until I...
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Hi folks, so I bought a 1515 workbee cnc router, comes with drivers and motors, same time I bought a new driver and motor kit which is a bit over board being nema 34 so I might use them still until I...
Thanks for the reply guys, ill give the pb a try and see how it goes, any of you ever do thick inlay with the cnc ?
Wow this forum has grown since I've been on last. Any way I'm looking for a 1/8" end mill to cut out intarsia pieces , The material I'm using is 1"cedar , the only one I found so far is from...
never mind got it going
Hi Folks, I just bought the tb6560 from stepperonline this one Tb6560 3 Axis CNC Stepper Motor Driver Board 3.5A Output Current - US$ and I,m trying to figure out what the decay modes should be set...
Well finally bought the plans, been waiting to do it for some time and very excited to get started, just waiting for the plans and to get on to Joe,s forums. the machine looks awesome. just wondering...
well haven't figured out image shack yet so ill just post them right here for now. tell me what you think. Graham
sorry their a bit blurry, had to use a cell, our dig camera was stolen.
wondering if any one could tell me how to use image shack to load pictures on here, have some more intarsia to show. Graham
Hey Jim, actually I meant if you need to do a large relief carving like a forest with different animals and trees and such you can do each one separate then put them all together and arrange them to...
hey poorfarmer25, thanks for the complement on the grizzly. I have a 3axis cnc router, I did it in 4 slices, each slice is 1.5" and the teeth I carved by hand. using deer antler.
Ok you may be...
here are some picts, from silo to sculptris to carved piece. I carved them using cut 3d in 4 slices. as you see the silo model is just basic then realy comes to life in sculptris. also did some...
Hey Jim, that's why you use a box modeling program like silo,wings3d hexagon to do a base mesh first, it Doesn't need to be perfect, just a basic shape. if you need to do a large scene you can do...
HI poorfarmer25, , so far the easiest and cheapest software I've been using are silo for doing the base mesh and also there is a sort of plug in called elefont www.armanisoft.com for doing lettering...
HI, I cut out the y motor mount outer panel to see how it came out. the motor mount hole you are talking about should be 1.5 " which is the size the I cut out. every thing looks good, 1/4 " hole...
Hey Broncosis, think you can find any dimensions for the drawing so to make sure we get it right.in inches preferably. The router cut files are in metric and a way off scale, it shows 9 meters for...
Ok what I did was brought the laser cut dfx into my cad program then added a new layer then brought in the router cut dfx and scaled that to the laser cut. as long as the laser cut is the right size...
hey broncosis, I,m going to try and cut out the first page, but the only thing is exporting the svg file(ink scape) into a dfx file the size seems to change, do you know what the size of the pages...
did you get any one to cut out your machine, I,m in deroche BC, just east of mission.
Do a search for plug in for sketchup and you'll find loads of plugins, or check out here
http://forums.sketchucation.com , they have some plugins.
Realseeker if you need a 2.5 cam program try...
I think aliebre (spelling) has a free cad, you can only save a few parts per model but worth looking into.But sketch up is good as well, so is blender. Graham
Thanks mate, just downloaded free cad, still learning cad programs, seems like a good program. Graham
Hi Harryn, Thanks, Red cedar is not too bad, it sands good, now I,m using a ball nose to rough out there's no tear out, now yellow cedar is a different thing all together, seems to string a bit....
What's the difference between artcam,enroute and aspire they all do the same thing don't they? but aspire is like 6 grand cheaper.Which do you use the most?
Hi Gerstner, I agree too,some of the pieces are small but that's not the problem, they have small radius's ,It's for my intarsia pieces. Their created from red cedar so its soft wood. I have thought...
Thanks guys for the help, 1/32 bits , wow I can imagine going through lots of those lol. but would be perfect for my tight radius,s , I'm guessing very slow travel and high rpm's.
Sure wish...
Thanks Ger, will give it a go.
I knew you were joking, not that it matters lol. But I do have to say Harry's machine is dam nice, Think he sped up the video of the eagle carving at all? lol Man that thing hauls , Whats the top...
Thanks Ger for the info, something I didn't know about the tear out, have to try the ballnose as I get a lot of tear when ruffing out red cedar . I really don't mean to hijack this thread but I'm...
Hi guy's, sorry for sticking my nose in but I need to ask, Ger you use a ballnose to rough? wouldn't that slow down the roughing time? and also if I use a 1/4" end mill that mean's I should plunge at...
thanks CNCRim for the reply, so you don't think that 1/6 bit would not break easily, I know ill have to do few passes but no problem as long as the shank is the same dia as the cutting dia. Graham