3 Axis CNC router

[Kitwn]

That looks brilliant Joe, I should try one myself. How long did it take to cut?

[JoeHarris]

That looks brilliant Joe, I should try one myself. How long did it take to cut?

Thanks! About an hour.


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[JAZZCNC]

That looks brilliant Joe, I should try one myself. How long did it take to cut?

If your machine hasn't passed the Aztec test then it's not a real machine yet....

[phill05]

If your machine hasn't passed the Aztec test then it's not a real machine yet....

So how about starting a new thread showing what can be made on our machines

[Neale]

So how about starting a new thread showing what can be made on our machines

Try this one.

It's not easy to find things like this when the last post to it is more than a week or two back - they just get lost in the noise!

In fact, it's about as easy as finding the "Official Mycncuk router design"

(Actually, that one is slightly easier - it's just to the left of the end of the rainbow...)

[phill05]

Try this one.

It's not easy to find things like this when the last post to it is more than a week or two back - they just get lost in the noise!

In fact, it's about as easy as finding the "Official Mycncuk router design"

(Actually, that one is slightly easier - it's just to the left of the end of the rainbow...)

Thanks missed it 1st time round.

Phill

[Kitwn]

If your machine hasn't passed the Aztec test then it's not a real machine yet....

Now there's a challenge! I don't have Vectric V-carve for which there is a ready-made file available and I've sen a DXF available. Any advice on the best available version or way to cut this? CamBam has a V-carve plug-in but it's not quite up to this job according to it's forum.

[JAZZCNC]

Now there's a challenge! I don't have Vectric V-carve for which there is a ready-made file available and I've sen a DXF available. Any advice on the best available version or way to cut this? CamBam has a V-carve plug-in but it's not quite up to this job according to it's forum.

What size do you want Kit.? I'll knock you some code up.
Is it LinuxCNC you use.?

[Kitwn]

Dean,
That would be very kind of you! About 400mm diameter would be good and I do use LinuxCNC. At that size I suspect a 60 degree cuter would produce a good result without going too deep but use 90 if you think otherwise, I have both.

I've spent some time over the last few hours trying to get CamBam to play ball with the calendar, having downloaded a DXF image. There is a free V-Engrave plug-in for it produced by one of the very active group of supporters. This does an excellent job most of the time but has thrown in the towel (as have I!) on the extremely complex shapes in the calendar . For any other CB users who are interested, the plug-in works extremely well on engraving text but it is sometimes necessary to work out which objects have to be selected and converted to a 'region' within the software. The V-Engrave plug-in along with many other excellent additions is available from...

http://www.atelier-des-fougeres.fr/C.../Vengrave.html

This is a french website but it does speak English!

[JAZZCNC]

Dean,
That would be very kind of you! About 400mm diameter would be good and I do use LinuxCNC. At that size I suspect a 60 degree cuter would produce a good result without going too deep but use 90 if you think otherwise, I have both.

Ok here you go. 90Deg cuts about 6mm deep and 60deg 10mm. It's set in MM's and used Arc's post processor so shouldn't be too jerky. My advice to speed up the job is lower the velocity and turn up the acceleration because the moves are very short, it also bounces around all over the place so don't be surprised. Enjoy

Edit: X Y zero is bottom left corner of 400mm square.