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theshadowduke
04-20-2007, 01:11 AM
Will the compucarve work on green epoxy putty? I would like to use it for some detailed green stuff work for some minitures.
BobHill
04-21-2007, 08:29 AM
Duke,

I'm not familiar with "Green Epoxy Putty", but if it's soft, like clay, No. If it's hard and brittle, No. and if it's hard, but not brittle, like MDF, probably.

Bob Hill
Tampa Florida
theshadowduke
04-21-2007, 02:25 PM
Here is a link with some info on the putty.

http://www.gf9.com/store/product_info.php?cPath=37&products_id=165
John
04-21-2007, 02:47 PM
From the above Link:

"When fully hardened, it can be painted, sanded, filed, drilled, tapped, screwed, etc."

That would indicate you could use it with the carving bit on "best" setting so the bite is "small."
Greybeard
04-21-2007, 03:53 PM
In the UK this type of material is known as Milliput, and we have used it for several years as a ceramic repair/filler. It's capable of very fine detail for modelling, but I'm not sure how it would respond under a router bit. It retains a small degree of flexibility that might become worse with the increase in temperature of high speed cutting.
John
John
04-21-2007, 08:31 PM
Heat will not be an issue with the carving bit.
theshadowduke
04-22-2007, 05:37 AM
The guy that does this conversion uses a CNC machine for most of the "fine" detail on his conversions, and this is the kind of work I am looking to do with a compucarve, my major concern is weather or not it can handle the tiny details, and the maelability of the putty.

http://www.coolminiornot.com/147326
MarkJamesDesign
04-22-2007, 07:37 AM
In my opinion, you're never going to get that kind of detail with CW.
BobHill
04-22-2007, 08:17 AM
The size of the work doesn't really show, but except for any undercuts, I'd say the CarveWright should be able to do credit to that type of object, particularly if the work design was created by the Probe scan of a "live" object. Just remember that there can be no undercuts, but then no other CNC unless it's a true 3D one, can either.

Bob Hill
Tampa Florida
Greybeard
04-22-2007, 01:07 PM
The guy that does this conversion uses a CNC machine for most of the "fine" detail on his conversions, and this is the kind of work I am looking to do with a compucarve, my major concern is weather or not it can handle the tiny details, and the maelability of the putty.

http://www.coolminiornot.com/147326

IMHO you'll need a 4-axis cnc, possibly a 5-axis, if you're looking to do anything in the round as shown on that link. The scale of the detail is another problem entirely.
John