I agree with Jerry that an undersized shaft in a collet is a problem. It will cause the end mill to either spin in the collet or walk out or both. Cheap Chinese collets are another problem. Often...
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I agree with Jerry that an undersized shaft in a collet is a problem. It will cause the end mill to either spin in the collet or walk out or both. Cheap Chinese collets are another problem. Often...
If you saved the project with it setup for a 1/4" cutter and then use a 1/16" cutter your parts are going to be .094" big per side right? The machine has no way of knowing it needs to be offset in to...
One of the best videos for breaking down how encoders work and how they can be used to control motors is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIUrnR8bLAI
If you want to know even more I suggest...
Thanks for the response. I think the best place for the encoder would be on the lower back roller. That location is after the gear train and fixed. A more accurate solution would be a tape marked...
I was surprised to learn of two different encoders to control the X axis. Since both output pulse signals indicating direction and feed rate, which one is being used for the primary signal train? The...
To check the supply without it being plugged into the controller you can unplug the power jack from the controller(wires colored red, black, black, yellow) and insert a resistor into the holes of the...
I realize I'm coming to the party a little late but after viewing the photos I'd say it's an optical encoder. I could not see a part number on the thing to find out what model and who made it? I'd...
I used that design as a starting point for my dust collector. I used some old plastic fittings from under a kitchen sink water trap as it fit on my shop vac hose. It gets most of the dust but I'd...
Those of us without tilt (original version of software) are unable to open your file and view it because yours was created with a newer version of the software.
Thanks anyway,
Brad
Saving those type of images as a font would allow you to type Celtic patterns in any software that uses your font library. From there you can scale created patterns up or down just by changing font...
Henry1 has the design I'd like to start with. Those would size up and work well for salad mixing and serving. Someone mentioned trying to contact the original poster directly. I didn't mention it in...
Oscar, your getting off easy. I made the mistake of carving a more simple spoon design in the meantime and showed it to a group of women at work today. I had not even had the time to sand it down and...
I too am looking for his celtic knot spoon ptn or an stl file of it. I've had no luck tracking down a current website that has his files for download.
Thanks for the link, I had never seen that one before. So many possibilities and only a fraction of the time needed to explore all of them. Keep up the good work.
I've been busy making fixtures...
I like your ideas. Another nice thing about HTML 5 and JavaScript is your not limited by any one platform. It's amazing how powerful and fast programs scripted can be.
There's an abundance of "on...
Your experiments reminded me, years ago I played with font generator software. You could create an individual font letter by letter editing pixel by pixel. It looked kind of like the old video game 8...
The background in that logo is a great example of a tesselation and shows how they can be used in projects. I love the Art Deco style.
I'm curious as to your methods. I'm on an IPad today so I don't have the luxury of downloading and playing with your pattern. How are you doing the multiples? With just a single copy of your...
What's a "wind" sample? An old pattern? An old project?
I'm interested in your methods of vector generation. Is this going to develop in a drawing tool for Designer users? I tried importing your image files into Designer and found they look great! I'd...
I agree we don't need or want to do all the math behind tesselations but knowing the roots helps break down the barriers. One of my light bulb moments was when I realized that the entire STL format...
It's a shame we have to devise such extreme measures just to make a capable machine more diverse. If only the software developers would add another option to allow us an "advanced user" option to...
If the pattern is in pdf form you can convert it online for free here: http://www.pdftodxf.com/
Brad
So much for my zig-zag idea. I was thinking since it would always be a downward slope that the head pressure might even help it down to the next position. I guess I'm back to adding additional...
Very interesting thread. We truly have some talented people on this site. I've played with early Ely Terry clocks. I've got two of his early designs in pieces now. It's a shame how little value they...