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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Re: Steam Engine Name Plates

« on: November 25, 2007, 11:01:48 AM »

Cheers John
The cast effect looks real . i do some home foundry and was hoping to cnc some patterns to save on machine time and material.any ideas on pattern material?
thanks for the offer of doing the code in Vcarve so here's the DXF .
Rob

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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Re: Steam Engine Name Plates

« on: November 25, 2007, 08:44:00 AM »

John there really excellent ,beats my efforts hands down.  The clarity is excellent .Lcam likes to leave a little flat on the top and bottom of G,O ect
what cutters are you using ? mine was home made in two minutes flat and was eager to see my machine in action "school boy Patience" after spending so long getting it up and running
i am new to cnc but not cad and have the solidcam anddon to my solidworks i will  have to sit down and try it out.will also have to have a look at Vcarve.
I am going to have ago at this next just to practice.
Is the TICH Name plate cast from  a cnc pattern?

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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Re: Steam Engine Name Plates

« on: November 25, 2007, 07:46:35 AM »

Hi John looks excellent when do you think you will have it cut and will you post a photo?
what is the overall size?
Rob

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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Re: Steam Engine Name Plates

« on: November 24, 2007, 05:57:15 AM »

Thanks Graham ,thanks again for the cutter link.

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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Re: Steam Engine Name Plates

« on: November 23, 2007, 12:06:57 PM »

Thanks Brett .
ynneb , they were cut from solid. I made a cutter with a 0.35mm dia tip the pocket is 0.3mm deep.

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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Steam Engine Name Plates

« on: November 22, 2007, 05:03:40 PM »

Hi. here is a photo of my fist project using mach3 cnc a name plate and the steam chest valve cover for a small horizontal engine.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: where are the mach 3 videos

« on: September 10, 2007, 04:31:09 PM »

Thanks for the help Scott
Rob

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General Mach Discussion / Re: where are the mach 3 videos

« on: September 10, 2007, 02:48:50 PM »

Hi Scott,
  Thanks for the link ,when i try'd it i got the same result.  Try'd my other computer and found them ok , both computers have the same exsplorer ect one runs xp the other vista could it be a
vista thing?
Rob

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General Mach Discussion / where are the mach 3 videos

« on: September 10, 2007, 01:39:39 PM »

can anyone help when i follow the link all i get is the adobe flash page i have latest player and java
thanks Rob