Nose cones????

[p1lts]

The materials that I am using are very thin and no matter how careful I am, they don't lie entirely flat. It's not a major problem but I am just curious to learn more about the use of "nose cones" to overcome this issue.

[blackburn mark]

The materials that I am using are very thin and no matter how careful I am, they don't lie entirely flat. It's not a major problem but I am just curious to learn more about the use of "nose cones" to overcome this issue.

i cant find any refrence to any such device but im pretty sure i know what your driving at, a bit like the "foot" on a sewing machine

i cant see it being to difficult to make a devise like this with a "foot" of somthing slippy like nylon or acetal

how thick is the material you are cutting and what deapth are you cutting into the thin material ?

[p1lts]

Im engraving traffolyte. Nothing fancy, but obviously if you get the depth wrong, you can end up cutting through to the wrong layer (colour).

Theres plenty of references to nose cones and constant depth engraving if you google it, but none that fully explain how it works.

Thanks for any help.

[blackburn mark]

if i had this issue i would be pretty confident that a simple acetal leg running 45 degrees (ish) from my spindle clamp to the tip of my tool with a nice C shape cutout in the foot for chips to exit the tool aria, take any sharp edges off the foot (acetal polishes quite well)

no fancy springs, just skim a bit off the leg untill it gave the right amount of flex V pressure

might just work :)

[p1lts]

Thanks Mark

I think I can probably manage something along those lines.