The forum archives show no messages for the 24th, my message on the 25th and yours on the 26th.
So perhaps everyone is COIVD-19 locked down inside their house and can't make it out to the shop or their PC? John > -----Original Message----- > From: dave engvall [mailto:dengv...@charter.net] > Sent: September-26-20 9:29 AM > To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Small project and test email. > > I just checked the forum and it is alive and well. Something is screwed > up with the list. > Dave > > > On 9/24/20 11:05 PM, John Dammeyer wrote: > > For me the list has been quiet but checking the forum web page there have > > been messages up to 23SEP2020. Not sure why I'm > suddenly not receiving messages so I thought I'd try and post what I've been > up to. > > > > John > > > > > > > > I needed a matrix to guide a razor blade to cut Silpad into 0.375" x 0.55" > > pieces. But how to repeatedly measure 0.55"? > > > > Machine something of course. Here's the end product in plywood. Did use > > metal engraving bit and metal mill. > > http://www.autoartisans.com/mill/SilPad/SilPadMatrix.jpg > > > > Start with an AlibreDrawing with lines for engraving. > > http://www.autoartisans.com/mill/SilPad/SilPadMatrixDrawing.jpg > > > > Then create the G-Code and get LinuxCNC, this time running on a Raspberry > > Pi4, to control the mill. > > http://www.autoartisans.com/mill/SilPad/SilPadMatrixLinuxCNC.jpg > > > > And away we go. > > http://www.autoartisans.com/mill/SilPad/SilPadMatrixEngraving.jpg > > > > The end result with a coat of shellac looks good but the lines are hard to > > see. > > http://www.autoartisans.com/mill/SilPad/SilPadMatrixShellaced.jpg > > > > So after a few more coats of shellac and some sanding I sprayed a blue > > coat. Then after it had a short while to dry a bit I used a > paper towel with laquer thinner to wipe off the blue coating but leave the > paint in the lines. > > > > Next step. Cut the silpad into the rectangles and that worked really well. > > cid:image003.jpg@01D69135.80AB1C00 > > > > > > John > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-users mailing list > > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
