Wanted to show my progrssion with the built 4th axis

[woodman08]

Just wanted to post my sucess with the rotary add on to my cnc,used my rockwell lathe and chain drive 3 to one

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRVC4rVg08k aspire light rounding

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDKdFze_U_4 aspire heavier cut

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8WtRRZ9E0c .75 flutes

[myxpykalix]

Stan, it sure looks like you got it figured out and got it working great. And talk about HEAVY DUTY! That thing ain't going nowhere... Now you will open yourself up to making some very cool stuff on your indexer. Good Job.

[rcnewcomb]

With Stan's permission I have included his videos in the Rotary Tutorial

http://www.222artisans.com/Rotary/RotaryTutorial.HTML

[woodman08]

used randall's notes to go through this exercise except my setup is opposite to the notes I wrap the Y values around the X axis

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAUBv0EiUWE

[woodman08]

used randall's leg design
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fe8jl5jc9go rounding the corners in prep of turning

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbnsWgiJX7E small leg turning

[myxpykalix]

looks like you followed the tutorial and made a good looking part. I guess thats a testament to the great instruction on his video. I think he was using his sexy announcer voice...lol

[woodman08]

randall has written an excellent explanation of the wrap gadget use,he has a good understanding of the program and is going to add more .
I now want to start a collection of leg turning profiles

[rcnewcomb]

Thanks, Stan, for testing some of the files and creating the videos. I'll include links to them in the tutorial the next time I update it.

FYI, I'm going to split out the tutorial based on whether the indexer is parallel to the X or Y axis. Hopefully that will eliminate some confusion and the need for people to turn their monitor on its side.

[chiloquinruss]

"start a collection of leg turning profiles" Stan could you also include a brief section on the glue up process if one is 'making' their own blanks. Thanks. Russ

[woodman08]

When it comes to blanks i just glue up one inch dressed wood with jorgenson pipe clamps and run it through the planer ,i did use a 4in jaw chuck and now i'm back to screwing a small face plate to say a 3x3 piece or use a 6 in face plate for bigger pieces ,I don't think there is a need to get to fancy as how the wood is held as the lathe rotates very slowly

[chiloquinruss]

"lathe rotates very slowly" That's what I was missing from my thought process. I was thinking balance issues but at very slow speed that would mot be an issue. Thanks for the reply. Russ