Are you kidding? nowhere near bored, this is what I was hoping for when I bought the rotary table. I have not figured out the gear or pitch combination for things like that loop at the bottom of the picture . I own the standard gears and the 2x and the .25 gears. maybe I just dont understand the math.
On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 7:49 PM, Tim Krause <artmarb...@comcast.net> wrote: > This is getting interesting. I did all of my original tests with the y > axis at 0. As you offset the y-axis in the negative direction, or towards > you, that teardrop shape gets smaller and starts to change into a wave. > > > Controlling where they go is whole new problem. It would be really nice to > be able to turn the 3" offset pattern 90ยบ and repeat it all around the > circle getting a chevron effect. I still think a template might be the > better way to go. Granted you can't make the loop (teardrop shape) with a > template. > > This further makes me think of mounting a french curve on the back as a > template. Probably not rigid enough, but you get the idea. A template with > curves that could be mounted at different angle to get a suitable curve. I > could go one step further an make a captured template in a french curve > shape. > > Fun stuff. Are we getting bored yet by this topic? > > -Tim > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. > To post to this group, send email to > legacy-ornamental-mi...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > legacy-ornamental-mills+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<legacy-ornamental-mills%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/legacy-ornamental-mills?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. To post to this group, send email to legacy-ornamental-mi...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to legacy-ornamental-mills+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/legacy-ornamental-mills?hl=en.
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