Drag knife utility

[billp]

Sean,
I finally got a chance to see what the tool is capable of at this weekend's Tidewater, VA Camp. Rodney Brown brought in some veneer projects he has done with your tool and they were impressive! Tight turns, and absolutely NO kerf to create assembly issues. I think this tool will really let people add to their arsenal..... Nice job !

[donek]

Sean,
I finally got a chance to see what the tool is capable of at this weekend's Tidewater, VA Camp. Rodney Brown brought in some veneer projects he has done with your tool and they were impressive! Tight turns, and absolutely NO kerf to create assembly issues. I think this tool will really let people add to their arsenal..... Nice job !

I'm glad to hear you got to see it Bill. The ability to add sharp corners with the excel app I produced makes for great results too.

[Pete M]

I have been befuddled by the drag knife for some time now. Not any more, I was able to download the excel spreadsheet and tried it on a simple quick engrave toolpath in Vcarvepro. I see where the moves to reorient the blade are added...pretty damn cool.
The only thing that concerns me is some of the numbers are in scientific notation('CG, ,-0.249206250377323,1.44348639636232E-02,0,-0.07, ,1)
I haven't tried it on my machine yet, could be no problem.
Excel-ent job

[donek]

I have been befuddled by the drag knife for some time now. Not any more, I was able to download the excel spreadsheet and tried it on a simple quick engrave toolpath in Vcarvepro. I see where the moves to reorient the blade are added...pretty damn cool.
The only thing that concerns me is some of the numbers are in scientific notation('CG, ,-0.249206250377323,1.44348639636232E-02,0,-0.07, ,1)
I haven't tried it on my machine yet, could be no problem.
Excel-ent job

You can verify it in preview mode, but you've found the next correction. I just change the number format in the output. That should go away once we offer it for download on our web site. That should be by the end of the week.

[Pete M]

I ran the program(sans dragknife), and the Bot had no trouble with the scientific notation. The scratches my vbit made looked just like the preview.

[donek]

I ran the program(sans dragknife), and the Bot had no trouble with the scientific notation. The scratches my vbit made looked just like the preview.

Great. If you send me an e-mail, I can send over the updated version of the program and you can confirm that the zeros are zeros, rather than xxxxE-7.

[donek]

The downloads are now available on the web site. I've also posted the first cardboard box cutting program. It is actually a part file that allows you to enter the finished dimensions of the box and specify the orientation on your table. It will then cut the cardboard and crease it.

Check it out:
http://donektools.com/software-and-cool-gadgets/