I've been asked to cut some details on the end of some knee braces
The material is 5" thick.I have a prt alpha so is 5" possible?
I have machined both sides before but never a through detail that...
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I've been asked to cut some details on the end of some knee braces
The material is 5" thick.I have a prt alpha so is 5" possible?
I have machined both sides before but never a through detail that...
i have a friend that makes a bee's wax walnut oil product.
I've used it alot and have never noticed a rancid or bad smell.
Brian
So a high grade silicon would work.
The aluminum is used for traffic signs and the edges would be painted.
Brian
I've got another question.
Would powder coated aluminum letters bonded with marine adhesive to a sealed wood have the same problems?
Brian
I agree
The old saying the sum of the parts is more than the whole really applies .You also might try ebay and check out "project guitars".
Brian
My father at 94 told me he is still learning something new every day sometimes good and sometimes not
Brian
Sorry for the delay in response,been busy.
Thanks for the suggestions Joe.I did suggest a contrasting second layer but they said no.
I also suggested to paint or stain the background to even out...
Joe I tried your file an ASPIRE and nothing came up
Brian.
Most people love this type of variation in colour.
I think thats part of the attraction.
Unfortunately I didn't have anything to do with the colour.
As we all know the customer usually gets what...
I just finished this sign for a local hotel.
They picked the colours and wanted a sandblasted background.
I get most of this work from a local sign shop who doesn't do any woodworking.
He has been...
just a few I've built over the years
Horns are more difficult but worth the effort
Brian
Thanks Brady
I need the .125 to fit inside the small letters
Brian
A customer wants a .25 alunimum sign cut.
I will be toolpathing on the inside of the vectors and removing the waste.
Due to the small font used I need to use a .125 bit
I've used larger 0flutes...
Thanks Dave
I live in the land of Red Cedar(Vancouver BC)so yes it'll be made of Cedar.
They specified the sign to be 3-4" thick so I was planning on gluing up some clear 4x4 use four galvanized...
Here's a case where the owner has jumped the gun and is not thinking it through.
The concrete and brick work has been done before we had a chance to get proper mounting brackets made.
Now I'm faced...
found out from the manufacture that I can only use a er-25
Thanks Brian
I have this spindle and am currently using er-25 collets
Can this same spindle use a er-32 collet.
I'd like to see if I can use a .75 shanked bit
Thanks Brian
does pvc hold paint well.
I know it probably comes in many colours,but incase it doesnt come in the exact colours the client wants I will have to paint it.
Thanks Brian
Quoting on a large commercial sign
The main material will be western red cedar
I'm wondering if I should use MDO or HDU for the lettering
The weather here is very wet so that is a big...
After talking to Ryan from shopbot
I did a test run without the material and it ran fine
Same test with material in place,it failed again.
Something that didn't occur to me was to remove the...
The location
M3,1085000,16828643,-0.486667
is exactly the same(line 40)
befor I redid the toolpath it was line 60 it stopped on
As you can see from above the Z is only -.486667 down from the top...
Thanks for the info
I just ran the file in aspire this time and it stop in the same place(does not seem intermittent)
I adjusted the bearing on the Z axis to make sure it was running smooth.
What...
Its a 2d file
I've run this file before.
It was a scaled down version
This is not an easy file to redo
I believe it took me 3-4 hrs the first time.
If you look in "designing and creating shp...
here's the line of code
it's seven from the bottom
M3,1085000,16828643,-0.486667
I'm using artcam pro to toolpath with
I've looked at the vector in question up close and see no issues with it....
I've just had the bot stop at the same line of a file showing a motor fault
I redid the toolpaths and went with a new .25 compression.
I'm only cutting .25 per pass at 2.5ips which is fairly...