Ok, truth be told, it's not that easy on a cnc. The real challenge of cnc is being able to draft a spirograph pattern. I'd like to see if you can do a continues line pattern in cad like the Spirograph can do.
-Tim ----- Original Message ----- From: <jwb...@windstream.net> To: <legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com> Cc: "Tim Krause" <artmarb...@comcast.net> Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2012 11:04 PM Subject: Re: Spirograph It can be done easily on a cnc, it can also be done on a taper with a cnc. ---- Tim Krause <artmarb...@comcast.net> wrote: > That was an incomplete email that got sent accidentally. That really is a spirograph. I spent my drive time today contemplating what is required to make these patterns happen. Notice the cutter would have to cross the center point of the rotary table multiple times per rotation. This is going to be rather tricky to do. > > I was going to point out to people what a spirograph pattern is. Sorry for any confusion. As far as wrapping it around a spindle it could absolutely be done on a Legacy...CNC :-). > > -Tim > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: curt george > To: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com > Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2012 4:56 PM > Subject: Re: Spirograph > > > Tim > That is very neat. > Although I do have one quick question for you on those lines, could that pattern or something like it, be put onto a spindle as well ? > As I understand it the gears are turning the table, couldn't that also work on a round idiom? > C.A.G. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Tim Krause > To: Legacy-Ornamental-Mills@googlegroups.com > Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2012 11:11 AM > Subject: Spirograph > > > Spirograph pattern > > > > > > -- > > > > > -- > > > > -- > > -- --
