looks good to me can you post a bigger clearer pic or is that the bes one there is
Bill B ----- Original Message ----- From: Tim Krause To: Legacy-Ornamental-Mills@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2012 2:30 PM Subject: Thin Stock Support I saw this tonight over on Legacy's cnc forum from Dan1931. He said it was ok to share this idea with others. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Here is a center rest I designed and use canes and other thin work. The cane in the picture is 1.5 in dia. by 32" long. Done with a barley twist with along spiral. I used a 1" barley bit set for a 4" bit twist so it would not have a lot of spring. I then cut thru wiht a .375 Dia end mill. I made the carrier from 1/2 Baltic Birch with reinforced corners. I cut the adjustment slots on my Artisan mill. The white plastic is HDPE. It is available from Tap Plastics. Cost only $5.00. The plastic parts are 7 " long so there would not be any vibration or bumping. It is always in contact with the part. I cut small V in the Plastic to hold the part and have 1.25 in spacing between the blocks. This allowed me to cut with the 1" barley twist bit while still supporting the Cane. I provides both lateral and vertical support. Please excuse the quality of the picture. I had to reduce the pixels to get the system to accept it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This looks like an affordable flexible solution. What do you guys think? -Tim -- --
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