Hi Mike, I used double row angular contact bearings which are a pair of bearing races in one package. I got them from Global Bearings in the UK. Rab ... you ...
Hi Rab, Just a little house keeping. If you click on the 5 axis software link on you hoe page, the 4 axis gun stock tutorial is not accesible. Regards, Mark...
Hi Rab, Thanks for producing this tutorial. I have been on this groups for a fair while, but only have a lathe, so I haven't invested the time in learning GMAX...
I'm assuming that there is a way to render a 3DS Max drawing and then print to scale but I'll be darned if I can figure it out. Can anybody enlighten me? ...
Move the objects to Autocad or Rhino. Rick Paul, Chair Division of Art and Design Patti & Rusty Rueff Department of Visual and Performing Arts VPA 3121B (765)...
Could anyone please give me some advice how I can past the projecting the spline block? I would really like to finish working through this tutorial this...
The moving the pivot bit is just so that the stock rotates around a more natural centre. Load up the Gunstock102 file which has he pivot center already ...
I you're rendering a view then: Place a 'ruler' somewhere in your render, Use Corel Draw or similar to do your print layout and resize the rendered image till...
A little more background... I'm trying to build a servo mount. I'm trying to come up with a technique to create/print a paper template I can adhere to an...
Thanks for the reply Rab, Sorry for the dumb question, but I thought I had tried selecting the helix by clicking on it. Works for me now :) Adjust the Zero...
Hi Mark and Rab. I want to thank both of you for discussing this tutorial here. I provided Rab with the 3ds file of the gunstock and ask him to write the...
Hi Mike, the tool path in the tutorial is a helix projected onto the stock, so the a Axis always revolves in the same direction. It does stop nd start though,...
Mike, In Max, just create a Box or Plane object, apply a material to it and use your photo as the Diffuse Map, add a UVW Map Modifier to the object to give you...
Hi Mark, That's the trouble with using GMAX, it limits you to so many characters (10,000) that you can copy from the listener window. However, there is a...
Hi Mark, I've been using MAX since version 1, way before I knew CNC was. ... On my 'To Do' list, but it's a long list ! ... Axis" for defining the machine...
Hi Rab, Thanks for the heads up on GmaxSLGRAB. Works perfectly. I got a guy in our machine shop at work to mill out a suport beam for the Sherline spindle I...
Rab, Another thank you for the link to GmaxSLGRAB. I had given up after an afternoon of searching and resigned myself to a some serious cut and paste sessions....
Hi All, Just to let you know that Simply CNC based in Troon, Scotland are supplying CNC mills, kits and parts. Having dealt with these guys and chatted with...
Mike, just to say that you can also use 'Radial (Rotary)' Parallel Splines instead of a Helix which will cut up and down the stock rather than spiraling round...
There are a number of utilities, some free, to convert STL and IGES to dxf or 3DS formats. If anyone has time to find and check out any of these I'll put a...
Hi Jeff, How are you getting on ? Your trunnion axis configuration is also on my 'To Do' list. I've asked Art how he manages to get so many features and...
Thanks Jeff, I have access to a Catia station at work, but it doesn't export .3DS or 3D .DXF's, but I've just checked and my old AutoCad14 at home has .3ds and...
Hi Rab I have at last got back to some work with the Toolkit. I am using Gmax. It seems that some of the windows that open are not big enough to see all the...
Hi Rab Just noticed that:- CNC_Toolkit.ini not found appears in the lower window when 4.02 script is run. Also if 4.02 is the first scrip run after starting...
Hi Rab, I've made use of my trunion axis set-up a few times for rings. By cutting and un-rolling the model in 2 axis I can at least partially exploit the 5...
hi rab, having found the wonderful multi-axis cnc website here, - I have to say: WOW! great work and a very interesting group here... - looking for special...
Rab my only real concern is the number of rotations required to carve the stock. I don't have the most powerful nor the most rigid 4th axis in the world and...
Mike, Constant rotation using a helix toolpath on your 4th axis should present less of a problem with lost steps, backlash, etc. Rab ... carve ... axis ... the...
... Hi Rab, Using W2000 I had large fonts setup. Changed to small fonts and all is Ok. Which version of Toolkit should we work with at the moment? Regards Ian...
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