Originally Posted by Torchhead  If you work with pure cylinders then it's really pretty easy. I made Stainless Steel Technical pencils turned on my lathe and custom engraved them. It's simple 2.5D cutting unless the body slopes and then you have to start working in 3D and the price goes up 10X. |
Version 2 of CNC Write will have the ability to machine on tapered cylinder or cone, it will also be able to engrave on flat surfaces that are at an angle, not just the standard normal surfaces. How long it takes for version 2 to come out depends on how well version 1 sells. The price has been set for two versions. The standard mill version is 199.99, the Integrex version is $299.99. The only difference between the two versions is the Integrex version has several options to work with special cylindrical interpolation modes of the Maxak Integrex machines.
Chris W