Engraving on a cylinder

[compunerdy]

Trying to engrave this image/text on a cylinder. What is the best method do to this with? Everything I have tried always seem to have issues and/or I keep crashing Sprutcam.

Here is my sprut file.

DF4GRtext.stc

Right click and do "save as" then rename the file .stc instead of .jpg

[airamp]

Hi,

I was looking around for something that could engrave and came up with this site that has tooling, software and is in Mass.

There software does 4th axis engraving on cylenders , serial numbers imports jpg, bit, dxf, gif, and more and makes the g code..

Here is the link

http://www.2linc.com/engraving_software_overview.htm

I am saving up to get a copy and there spring loaded engraving tool looks interesting..

AirAmp

[BobWarfield]

BTW, the spring loaded engraving tools are not hard to make. Lots of threads around various places about them.

Cheers,

BW

[Live]

Originally Posted by compunerdy Trying to engrave this image/text on a cylinder. What is the best method do to this with? Everything I have tried always seem to have issues and/or I keep crashing Sprutcam. Here is my sprut file. DF4GRtext.stc Right click and do "save as" then rename the file .stc instead of .jpg

Hello compunerdy,
Here is a YouTube video of how to use the Engraving operation in SprutCAM to accomplish your task.
YouTube- SprutCAM 7 Cylindrical Engraving on a Solid model
You may also read the "Mill Machining->Operations Setup->Using design and machining features in Job Assignment->Using design features in Engraving/Pocketing operation" topic in the help.

[compunerdy]

Live, very cool demo..thanks

I did get it to work after hours of trying different thing. One of the issues I had was when I set the base level at .8125 the N looking letters would get setup with lines wrapping around the part etc. I eventually changed it to .8126 and it all worked fine. I see now from your example that this could have been done 100 times faster lol.

So once again... THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!

I think the issue was how many decimal points I was using so it was causing it to round.

[Live]

Here is another example of rotary milling in SprutCAM7:
YouTube- SprutCAM 7 Rotary pocketing and swarf finishing

[David Bord]

Is it possible to use Sprutcam to engrave on a sphere, like what you might find on a gear shift knob?

[Live]

Originally Posted by David Bord Is it possible to use Sprutcam to engrave on a sphere, like what you might find on a gear shift knob?

You can see an example in the SprtuCAM/Examples/5d_Milling/5ax_engraving.stc.

[David Bord]

Originally Posted by Live You can see an example in the SprtuCAM/Examples/5d_Milling/5ax_engraving.stc.

thanks... Is it possible to do that with 3 axis? (not at home so cant check the project)

David

[Live]

Originally Posted by David Bord thanks... Is it possible to do that with 3 axis? (not at home so cant check the project) David

Yes it is possible.

[David Bord]

Thanks, perfect! Is there any way to use sprutcam to project text onto a surface/sphere like you have in that tutorial?