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Here is my buddy vac system. It is a version of Brady's design. I use a single fein and a plenum with a spoil board that has vacuum holes located for various part holding fixtures. A lot of my parts...

I should be a little more clear about what I'm trying to accomplish here. There are parts of the neck that are not included in the drawing here. There is a headstock that protrudes out of the flared...

I am trying to make an acoustic guitar neck. I am not cad savvy and have been trying this on the cheep but I have been able to come up with something that gets me almost where I want to be. I used...

I do something like this for the ramp that leads into my slotted guitar headstaock. I simply made a vector (just a line), created a toolpath that cut on the vector to the depth I wanted, then edited...

Not sure I understand the trouble. In my version of partworks at least, if I use the pocket toolpath tool, it will clear the entire pocket without an input from me telling it to do that. The only...

Brock, make sure you have all the vectors in the pocket selected including the inside of the L and the G when you run the toolpath and it should work. You may also have to use the allowances feature...

Hi Tim, as was stated in the other thread, the allowance setting in partworks will do it. I used it on the pocket though since I didn't want to resize the inlay. I forget whether I went negative or...

Hi Brock, welcome aboard and congrats on your purchase. It is a handy tool to have in the luthier shop as we are quite fond of our jigs and such and this thing is just like a big universal jig. You...

You might need a sign to hang outside your shop and it just so happens that there are a few here that might be able to help you out!

So I assume this is the upgrade listed on the vetric site as VcarvePro 5? Just trying to read a little about it to see what it's all about.

Make sure you select the tool path you want to save (up top) before hitting the save button. I know this seems obvious but it got me a time or two.

I know this has been mentioned before and I had a need for it and at the same time, a little time away from the shop so did some research and found this little Sketchup plugin that allows Sketchup 3d...

I am soon going to be doing some 3d carving hopefully using partworks 3d for toolpathing. The project is 3+ inches tall but only in one small area and the rest is about an inch. The blank piece of...

I was just wondering why, when I do the C3 routine, it backs off from the corner by .5" in both x & y and then calls that zero. I see that I can change that in the setup but was wondering if there...

I did the same thing Tim and finally had to do what George suggested. The trouble is, sooner or later you will no doubt have to reset your software(I had to just the other day) and all your zero's...

Thanks guys. Just SW confusion. I had to dump and re-run the setup file and all is well.

The trouble is I don't get near the targets.

The red lights are on but I believe they have always been and assumed that they should be.

Somehow my x & y coordinates have been corrupted. When I try to zero to the proximity switches, I get prompted to back off the proximity switches when I am in fact nowhere near them.
standard BT32 ...

Actually I got the errors when they just touched. I entered these vectors by typing in the X & y coordinates so I know the where closed. They were individual vectors though. I was finally able to...

I was trying to create a toolpath along a vector that intersects two other vectors and I kept getting the following error message.

"Error, No toolpath created for current parameters. Check tool...

How would you go about cutting the 2" hole in the aluminum plate of the buddy for hooking up a vacuum source? I assume this could be done with the buddy itself or maybe I would be safer using a drill...

Brady, I just ordered a Fein T3 to go with my buddy and would like to build a plenum like the one shown above. Curious about what kind of suitable plastic you used. Other than that is seems pretty...

Thanks guys, that did it and I even figured out how or when I did it. The first tie I ran Partworks 3d, this came up and I must have checked or unchecked a box. Now I have another question. It seems...

I'm sure this is caused by the user but I can't figure out how to fix it.
I locate my part, zero the x & y and then try to zero the z to the top of the part. When I start the routine, the X & y...