I would think with a z axis the inside might be possible with a long series bit by the time your deep enough to hit the router you would be in towards the middle far enough to miss but I'm only guessing tilting the router somehow would help too But only if you cut using the rotary table.
Give me some feed back here what do you cnc guys think am i right can a cnc go around the bowl or does the bowl need to rotate like if I was doing it on a manual mill Bill -----Original Message----- From: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com [mailto:legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of jwb...@windstream.net Sent: Wednesday, 5 February 2014 9:19 PM To: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com Cc: ronkir...@aol.com Subject: Re: CNC Bowls I am wondering what it is you plan to use the CNC with making the bowl? The CNC works great with inlay, but with that you will have the radius of the router bit in the corners (Smallest I have used is 1/16 ) by the looks of the bowls it almost looks like you used a set up with a ring master then glued everything together, and you could cut circles with the CNC but the would not be at an angle. cutting the outside of the bowl will be possible with the CNC but I do not see how it could cut the inside, you would still need a lath for that Jeff Becker ---- ronkir...@aol.com wrote: > Hi All > I haven't been involved with the group in quite awhile. I attended > Andy's CNC lecture at the Baltimore woodworker show. I was very > impressed with the capabilities of CNC and VCarePro/Aspire software. > The software is very user friendly. > I wanted to ask the CNC people in the group if they every made a > segmented bowl using CNC capabilities. > I make segmented bowls because with solid bowls a lot of the wood > lies on the floor in the form of shavings. I use a lot of expensive > woods therefore shavings has to be at a minimum. The other reason for > segmenting is the various designs one can incorporate in the bowl > rings. I have attached pictures of a few of the bowls I've made and > turned on my Shopsmith. These bowls are 14 1/2" in diameter and 9 > 3/4"deep. One could add a ring at a time and turn each ring and > continue this process until the top ring is added and turn. Or one > could add all the rings and turn the assembled bowl at once. In > either case the capability to handle a 14 1/2"' diameter and depth of > 9 3/4" would be required. I looked into using the manual Legacy ( I > have a > 1000EX) to make the rings. I would have to have the ring mounted on > the rotary and rotate below the lower rails. However, the height of > the feature ring ( the one with the complex design at the center of > the bowl ) is around 2 1/2" to 3". The only way I could do it was to have > taller elevation legs. > Legacy doesn't make them anymore. Now with CNC mounted in a gantry > one could turn a ring at least at 14 1/2" or greater. The circular > cutting can be performed with small advances in x,y for greater accuracy. Or > will a rotary > table still be required to get a smooth surface? By the way if I were to > get > CNC, bowl making would not be my only reason. What is the limitation > on the Z axis travel with the gantry?( What is the deepest bowl that > could be turned). I would be interested in your comments. > Regards, > Ron K. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to legacy-ornamental-mills+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/legacy-ornamental-mills. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to legacy-ornamental-mills+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/legacy-ornamental-mills. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2014.0.4259 / Virus Database: 3684/7062 - Release Date: 02/04/14 ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2014.0.4259 / Virus Database: 3684/7062 - Release Date: 02/04/14 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to legacy-ornamental-mills+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/legacy-ornamental-mills. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
