Hey Folks,
It's been a really long time since I posted here, but still active and checking out the forum every day. I have two questions that I'm hoping someone out there can help me with.
Santa bought me the VectorArt Design and Carve series, which is awesome. It is very easy to model a pretty complex wildlife scene but the cutting job is extremely long on some models. To cut down on some time, I have tried tweaking the speed of the finishing cut and I am now using 150 ipm on the Joe's 2006. The machine handles it well but with 3D models there is a lot of directional changes and at 150ipm the table shakes considerably. My machine has to be on wheels and cannot be bolted to the wall like some others have done. Question #1.....Any ideas about reducing table movement without reducing speed and without bolting to the wall?
Question #2 is regarding splitting up large/long cutting jobs. I will probably utilize "tape splitting" (editing the postp for breaking up into smaller files) in some cases, but wondering what others are doing on this issue. Carving a 3D image is not very forgiving if you stop a job, continue the next day and are even just a few thousands off. For example....does it make sense to peck drill a hole in every job and use that as your reference point for restarting?
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. BTW...I'm a few days late, but happy new year to all.
Regards,
Joe