On Wednesday 28 March 2007, Dean Hedin wrote: > "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. > Me too, although I played with other peoples stuff as often as I could talk my way into a spot in front of the machine.
>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 That's not too shabby Dean. But do yourself a favor and prowl the Lowes display around the Dremel stuff. I picked up a solid carbide bit the other day that tapers to a draw blood from your finger point from a 1/8" shank over the last 3/8" or so. My guess is that with that, you could cut every groove the the checkering file will finish at 24 tpi if you wanted to go that fine, and require not more than a stroke of the checkering tool to clean up the frayed wood. >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. True, but I think that Dremel bit will get you a few hours closer to done. You have quite a bit of finish time there yet. My problem with my lttle mill is the 2000rpm max spindle speed, that bit screams for 30 grand, darnit. >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. The acid test of course is when its screwed into place, then how does it fit the hand... I need to do something to bulk up the grips on my Undercover, that thing is pretty hard on the hand when you fire it enough to qualify for a cwp in one set. >OK, whose next? -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) runaway cat on system. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
