A little engraving fun with the 4th axis

[JLT]

Cylindrical Maping is easy... when you figure it out.

Nice job!

Trig is your friend.

Beautiful work, Paul. As always . . .

 

[NewLiberty]

Nifty, I like it. I'm a real sucker for cool logos on stuff. Still, I'll bet I could cut that by hand before you could even get your computer operated cutter warmed up....

 

[dickn52]

My programmer is a "Paul". Very high end stuff there. My "Paul" can flute barrels, bolts and even engrave stuff on a curve. "Paul's" are not cheap though.

 

[USMCDOC]

Vmax,

Currently I am using Aspire 4.0, one of the more user friendly ones that I have tried. Different software was used to import the logo from a business card, strip away all content except the outline of the logo, to create the toolpath. Lots of fun.

Paul

www.boltfluting.com

Ever played with Mach3?

 

[boltfluter]

Ever played with Mach3?

Doc,

I don't believe I have. One or your favorites?

Paul

 

[USMCDOC]

Doc,

I don't believe I have. One or your favorites?

Paul

It has been a while since i played with it.. but i remember it was supposed to be up to 6 axis CNC.. the free version would allow you to run a 100 lines of code.. i see that they have a new version, Mach4

http://www.machsupport.com/