In the basic 3d objects of 3ds max6 you will find a teapot. As an exercise of the CNC toolkit I tried the waterline splines. at the end of the run I checked on...
I came across an ebay seller who manufactures CA 954 aluminum? worm gear reducers that are claimed to be fit for telescope and milling applications. He makes...
John, he has been making these gears for some time now.and from his feedback, people are happy with them. He makes two sizes I believe. By the way, the gear...
Thanks Don For controlling the backlash I plan to use two flange bearings for the worm shaft and use the tolerance between the bolts and the bearing flange...
... Should be pretty easy to achieve like that. Do it a bit on the tight side then run with metal polish or very fine lapping paste until there are no tight...
As a neophyte I am alway ambivalent whether I came across a new kind of bug or whether I am simply too incompetent to get it. Having said that here I go: I am...
I'm in the jewelry business and i'm interested in cutting 14k gold and sterling silver metal to make nameplates and other designs. The thickness of the metal...
Daniel, Are you attempting to cut out the nameplates or cut designs into the surface. While I haven't tried to cut out pieces the major problems which come to...
Sorry to break the thread but where do you get 0.3mm milling cutters? For swarf recovery I use the "Central house vacuum" with an auxiliary chamber between the...
Mike, I normally just cut wax and plastic using bits I grind my bits from cobalt drill shanks. But < www.micro100.com > lists really small mills for really...
I too grind some bits. I use the shanks from broken tungsten carbide bits used for drilling PCB. The only problem I have is they are very fragile once you get...
Mike, Cobalt IS much less brittle than carbide and less flexible than HSS. I also make them with a long taper (15 degree included is typical) so I can have a...
I make a drawing of some lofted shapes, attach them to a plane, move the new shape below the Z zero, run cnctoolkit make a parallel spline, move it over the...
We are actually attempting to do both. Cut out nameplates, and cut designs into the metal as well. Thanks so much for your help, i'm going to look into ...
You seem to be having better luck than I did. I could not even get the splines to project properly. Maybe because because I was using 3D max6 instead of gmax. ...
Hi, Sounds like its just getting bogged down processing a lot of points. Unclick 'Subdivide Toolpath' - the projected spline should have enough points anyway. ...
Hi, I use a v-shape engraving cutter, typically, 60 degree angle coming to a point. Silver and gold can be a bit gummy cutting. I've found a cutting compound,...
Do I need to buy a filter for every AC line feeding each servopack OR one will do the job as long the max limit of amperage is respected? I am concerned about...
... Sorry not to have answered your earlier questions yet, I do appreciate the bug-reports and questions. ... Fenerty ... Actually, I've been thinking about...
I should have changed the thread title, Rab ... get ... appreciate ... the ... Art ... Maxscript ... it ... there's ... and ... around a ... requests ... of ...
Greetings, I offered to do a tutorial on the "heart extruded on a cube" but have not found the time to do so. I've been bogged down with too many other things...
I`m sorry rab, I am in no way knock your program it`s great, no question,single spline shape`s work first time, everytime. I just wish I could get the 3d shape...
Here is my opinion. If you would take the time to work on it pretty much full time. Add some better documention and fix the known bugs then it would be well...
... I should use it before commenting, but hey :) (tried it and GMax, didn't get far, and didn't put much effort into it) I would really appreciate the source...
Rab, I've been following your toolkit for quite a while even though my machine configuration wasn't compatible. Though a new mill has recently opened the...
Hello All: I had the same problem. I thought that my computer was not responding. It even said that it was not responding, but it was. I found that if I did...
