Curious, what length bit and diameter did you use with that tall of a "Z"? Russ
Curious, what length bit and diameter did you use with that tall of a "Z"? Russ
AKA: Da Train Guy
Russ the 12" Z axis was helpful because I wanted to make the component parts easy to assemble on the job site. The leaf section of the post carving for example was splined and glued together on three sides before machining. The fourth side was splined and not glued before machining; just clamped on my 6" by 6" fixture. See attached photo. The result was a "clamshell" that just needed the fourth side assembled to complete that part of the install. You can see in the photo that I still needed to extend the holding fixture past the table edge to enable machining on four sides. The leaf section is 10" square on the outside; 8/4 material. I only needed to use 3" long bits....nothing special. I usually use .5", .25" and .125" diameter bits for most of my carvings
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PRS Alpha 96x60x12 with Indexer
Aspire 10
Rhino5 with Orca3D
Great jigging there.
More like singing "99 buckets of money" to me.
2006 PRTalpha 96x48
3hp SEV spindle
Vcarve Pro8
Always eager to consume large amounts of info, tips, and techniques!
thanks.. LOL..
Yes....but I'm not much of a beer drinker anyway...
PRS Alpha 96x60x12 with Indexer
Aspire 10
Rhino5 with Orca3D
Thanks Charlie, I am always impressed by how each of us with similar equipment and software come up with some really clever solutions! Russ
AKA: Da Train Guy
I love doing architectural also - it lasts for as long as...and it shows what you can do - very satisfying indeed - great stuff !