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Dan,
I'll go look at Joakim's 5axis videos. After creating the master toolpath, using RhinoNest, tried to select the master toolpath to nest but it wouldn't copy.

I'll look at your procedure...

Has anyone attempted to nest MadCAM toolpaths? I'm looking at using RhinoNest. It would be cool if I could have several different parts and toolpath each part, then use RhinoNest to nest the...

Mike,

I haven't tested it out yet. I've been finishing up a big round of designs for that tri-plex and a large custom kitchen project. I have to get cutting tomorrow, so, we'll see how it goes....

Hi Daisydog,

Don't get discouraged. Do you have any surfaces in your 2d drawing? Madcam has to see a surface in order to work. If you only have a drawing, say of a circle you wish to cut out,...

I need to have a banjo neck modeled and I'm thinking that it will be faster and more cost effective for my customer if I outsource this task. After careful consideration, I think having it modeled...

Hey Mike,

I'd like to learn how to model this neck. It's more complex than the strat style necks I've been modeling. I think it's the volute where the back of the neck transitions to the angled...

Would it be better to model the neck from scratch or have one digitized by a scanner?

Chris

I gave up the weed and road to make cabinets and guitar parts!

(nuts) Ha, ha ha. That gets me every time!

:)Chris

On this particular one, I only modeled the crown. I'll snap a picture of it finished. It was a real simple mantle.

I'm working on modeling other things to machine with Madcam like floral...

Hey, here is a crown that I made on the cnc using Madcam. Originally, it was 10' long. This is left over from making a custom mantle.

The 10' piece needed about 2 minutes of sanding and I ran it...

Thanks Mike, I'd forgotten all about that site!

Later,

Chris

Hi,

Does anyone have a drawing or 3d model of a banjo neck? I have a customer that has inquired if I could machine them on the cnc. I have very little knowledge of how a banjo neck is designed. ...

My HP Pavilion system runs all of my cad apps just fine, including MC Router X2. My system has a P4 2.8duo, 2gb ram, nVidia GeForce 7900GS with 512mb vid ram. The biggest files I've loaded are...

Can you show us a picture of what the mold looks like? It depends upon what you want to accomplish.

Chris

Another feature request:

Pocket Toolpath - It would be nice if we have a choice of machining strategies: true spiral, constant overlap spiral, 'morph' pocketing, zigzag.

Also, how's the...

Dave,

Thanks for the feedback. You're right about the dentil detail. Originally, I was going to cut the dentil detail between blocks with a pocket routine or something similar but cut the...

Joakim,

That's great news!

Thanks,
Chris

Turmite,

This is a realtime project for furniture. You can create straight pieces of molding easier using a molder but if you need anything other than straight, your limited.

Right now, I'm...

I removed the dentil all together so that I could either machine it seperately or purchase it and apply it to the molding.

I then, created the roughing toolpath without issue. Tried to create a...

Turmite,

When I select a 120" section of molding to load into madcam, I get "ERROR! POLYGON ALLOCATION", apparently for each polygon!

I can machine a 2" sample. Not a full length of molding. ...

Under-dog,

Before I cut the model down, I had ungrouped the parts. I'll try eliminating the surfaces and then group the final parts into a model.

I'm using Rhino V4 + Madcam4.

Thanks,
Chris

Hi Joakim,

I think a nice feature would be to setup the tool holder so that we could check for toolholder collision. Would that be hard to implement?

Thanks,

Chris

Hi Turmite &/or Joakim,

I'm trying to machine this crown with dentil that I created. I can create a roughing operation but not acceptable finishing operations. I have .125" endmil, .125...

I would be interested in your results as well!

thanks,

Chris Robinson

Turmite,

I've gotta do more research on how to do this. The file you sent looks like what I'm shooting for.

A customer called to ask if I could machine the radius molding for the radiused...

I tried surface sweep 1 rail and couldn't get any result.

I tried surface-revolve and didn't work at all. It tried to revolve in 360degrees.

Am I doing something wrong?

Thanks,
Chris

Hi Everyone,

I need to make some molding that flows along a radiused window. I have created the molding profile but when I try to extrude the surface along the curve, it squashes the profile as...

Joakim, did you get my email about ramped entry when cutting outlines?

Thanks,

Chris R

I am a certified Wilsonart Gibraltar, Formica, Staron & Hanex fabricator and I have lots of scraps. The sizes range from 6"x6" up to a few 30x72" sheets. Some suppliers won't sell 1/2 sheets so, at...

Hi, is there anyone out there posting to a Shop Sabre with Wincnc controller? I'm looking for a working post from Mastercam Router to a Shopsabre.

Thanks,
Chris