Brady,
Very nice work. Are these the head and tail spurs from PSI? How do you like them.
Item #: LCENTQC1
Item #: LCENTTS2
Todd
Brady,
Very nice work. Are these the head and tail spurs from PSI? How do you like them.
Item #: LCENTQC1
Item #: LCENTTS2
Todd
Could it be?
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I think it's a very good likeness of shaggy!
I'll ask the expert when she gets to my shop later today - my 5 year old daughter really likes shaggy and scooby!
Maybe scooby should be the next effort?
Part numbers and mfg on parts you all have used to build indexers would be handy. I've got an experimental indexer made from a cheapo grizzly drill lathe but would like to build up something better.
Brady,
I was just about to email you some rough drawings of my idea for an indexer for my Buddy when I came across this. I would still like to get your opinion on my 2 designs if you wouldn't mind.
However, in looking at your post and considering the distortion I was wondering something. Does the 3D toolpath adjust the cut length for the depth of the cut? I see things more visually so I may not be making this clear but let me try to explain what I mean. If you made a flat design file as wide as the circumference of the piece you are cutting and toolpath it, you are basically defining the surface (which would represent the outside of the cylinder or the part's circumference) as the Zzero and any cuts into the part would be cut along a short circumference (as the diameter of the cylinder at that depth would be smaller). Does that make any sense or am I totally off in my thinking? If the file does not adjust for depth I would expect some distortion - close to the surface areas would be more accurate than the deeper areas. I haven't seen an indexer yet or a wrapped file since I am new to the ShopBot world so I don't totally understand the concept but in looking at the other post about unwrapping the file I was wondering about that kind of thing happening.
Mike
Brady,
What is the maximum diameter you can get with your indexer - under 5" (Maximum Z)?
Mike
Mike,
My setup will do about 8" in the round.
I'm tracking down the distortion issue...so far it is pointing to the SB post processor...More when I get it nailed. Back to the shop to walk the walk...
I'm proofing out all of these 'theories' that have seem to come out of the woodwork since I started talking about unwrapping a few days ago. Lotsa talk...few photographic examples.
-B
The post processor I used for Pro was not correct...so that's why it is oblate when it cut. I'll have to contact Delcam next week and figure out what is the correct post and if the "latest" existing one needs tweaking. If anyone out there has successfully unwrapped and turned anything 3D recently using the ShopBot XB post, please forward it to me for comparison to the one I have.
I'm out of time for today, but I wanted to post my latest result.
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-B
Brady,
Very nice work X2. Are these the head and tail spurs from PSI? How do you like them.
Item #: LCENTQC1
Item #: LCENTTS2
Todd
Thanks Todd. Yes, I got them from PSI. They work great & BOTH have spring-loaded centers so that the part self-releases. The chuck is kick arse & came with all kinds of goodies and 3 sets of jaws.
Yep - those are the part numbers.
Contact me offlist if you are going to buy the 'cuda chuck from them.
-B
Thanks Brady,
I do not plan do purchase a cuda chuck. I have the talon one that came with the Indexer. Is there much of a differnce?