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01-29-2006, 01:21 AM
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| Bet somebody's special! Early for Valentines Day too.
__________________ Experience is the BEST Teacher. Is that why it usually arrives in a shower of sparks, flash of light, loud bang, a cloud of smoke, AND -- a BILL to pay? You usually get it -- just after you need it.    |
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01-29-2006, 12:06 PM
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| Wholepair, That is awesome! How long did it take to run that? What did you use for tooling,how much cleanup,etc? |
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01-30-2006, 01:10 AM
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I used three tools... tool 1. 1/2" Dia 2flute for the initial outline and first rough tool 2. 1/4" Dia 2flute for a secondary roughing path tool 3. 1/8" Dia 4flute ball endmill to finish/engrave surface wrapped letters The times for each where roughly... tool 1. about 5 minutes tool 2. about 5 minutes tool 3. 1 hour and ten minutes @ 6000rpm and 6000*4*0.001 = 24ipm This was a one off gov job so I was'nt to interested in a perfectly optimised speed and feed scenario - what I wanted was a super finish - and I got it! This was right before the finish cut:  |
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03-13-2006, 03:50 PM
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| If you had the desire. You could drill some vacuum holes in the letters, mount it to a plate and Vac form some thin(.03) PETG over that. Then use the PETG for a chocolate mold! Just in case you have more than one Valentine? LOL! SWEET! DC
__________________ Learn cause and effect through experience. Mastering those relationships is the "Common Sense" ability within the art of any trade. |
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