"But its made several things for me that would otherwise be pure un-obtainium."
Well said Gene. Sometimes we take much for granted. I often kick myself for not building a machine much earlier in my life. For the benefit of those just getting started with EMC, how about we all post some links to pics (or video) showing what can be achived with a bit of work and patience? I'll start with this recent project.. http://www.hedingrips.com/IMGP0396-01.jpg This is how a reproduction luger grip looks after it comes out of my EMC router. The significant part of this is the rough crosshatching that follows the surface. Ultimately the grip will be checkered by hand to 16 lines per inch. However that CNC crosshatching forms a starting point that greatly simplifies the manual checkering that comes later. Unfortunately, it is not practical to cut the checkering at the full resolution on the machine. You just can't achieve the proper finish with a tiny spining bit as you would with a checkering file. I actually hand ground a carbide blank to make the bit to cut those lines. I also had to write special software to optimize the tool paths to cut the lines. OK, whose next? ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
