On Wed, 17 Apr 2013 18:02:15 -0400, you wrote: >I wrote my own script to handle the curved surface. I wrote a custom post >processor for this as well, it works well enough for the button curve. > >I am using the Create Vector tool within vcarve. > >This is getting infilled with black enamel, and cleaned once dry with >Naptha. > >I did a number of these with a .015 tip, they plug with plastic and break. > I suppose a v bit could work, but I think managing the cut width would be >troublesome. The way I am doing this currently, the width of the cut is >the font trace width. If there was a way to trace .001 on the outside of >the letter vector, it would work great.
Engraving V bits don't have a point, they cut sloping sided flat bottomed grooves. VCarve works out the depth of cut for you for the given stroke width and tool included angle. Have a look at one of my old pages about them http://www.pilotltd.net/engraving.htm They would work fine, if you have a machine capable of doing the required feeds and speeds. Do you know anybody with a laser engraver/cutter? That would be far quicker and should be capable of giving a neat cut you can paint fill in either stroke width or font outline. Steve Blackmore -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Precog is a next-generation analytics platform capable of advanced analytics on semi-structured data. The platform includes APIs for building apps and a phenomenal toolset for data science. Developers can use our toolset for easy data analysis & visualization. Get a free account! http://www2.precog.com/precogplatform/slashdotnewsletter _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
