I need ideas for new tutorials.

[Eric_Tormach]

Hello everyone in the SprutCAM forum. If you have any ideas for some tutorials that you would like, or that you think would help new users, let me know. The first 2o tutorials I have made are available on our website at

http://www.tormach.com/videos_cadcam.html

I want to begin on the next 20 soon so I need some fresh ideas.

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[David Bord]

Id love to see some more 4th axis tutorials. Especially using the new available features. Machining organic shapes, such as statues etc.

David

[davebaldwin]

How about one showing how to use the mill as a 'vertical lathe'?

Dave.

[Glennluo]

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[bevinp]

Hi Eric,
I think new users and others would benefit from tutorials on:

Workpiece - manipulating the workpiece, such as importing a model for the workpiece; adding stock to surfaces; changing the auto workpieces.

Functions under the Model tab - the seven functions from Intersect to Triangulate.

Suitable tasks for machining options - for each of the options, give examples of the type of tasks they are suited for; eg, 2D profiling is good for chamfering. Also perhaps comments on the tasks that an option is not suited for.

Bevin

[MarkWink]

How about XML tweeks to undo default setting (V2007 and V7);
- 3 deg draft angle set to 0
- change trochoid to off
- safe level as default
- change Smart cut feed values


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[lwoestman]

I have seen many examples of machining the "top" of a part. I have seen one example of machining the "sides" of a part.

For example, I would like to machine a Picantinny Rail (described on Wikipedia) without removing the part from the vise (to improve the accuracy). I would need to machine the part on top and both side, including some areas that are under an "overhang".

Can SprutCAM help with this kind of machining?

Larry

[MichaelHenry]

I'd really like to see tutorials that go through a particular machining operation (say roughing waterline) and explain all the settings on the parameters screen. It would be especially nice to have a description of when an option should be used and when it should not be used (e.g. trochoidal).

Mike

[Magnum164]

There is a ton of tutorials on the SprutCam forum. For $25 you can get access for a month then download them all. All very good tutorials.

That being said. I would love to see something like mentioned above on how to machine around fixtures and perhaps how to machine and use tabs or dropping parts.

[Cairns]

How about one showing how to use the mill as a 'vertical lathe'?

Dave.

+1
I'd be interested in a quick walk-through of that as well.

[pit202]

I wish to see a tutorial with a part machined from different sites , not an 4th axis project , a normal part machined in a vise in few setups : top , bottom , left and right in one SprutCAM file , generating NC codes for each setup , making adjustments.

[R.DesJardin]

I'd like to see milling grooves, pockets and drilling a flat sided part using the 4th axis. Like a zig zag pattern that requires the 4th to rotate while machining.

[mdred68]

Hello everyone in the SprutCAM forum. If you have any ideas for some tutorials that you would like, or that you think would help new users, let me know. The first 2o tutorials I have made are available on our website at

http://www.tormach.com/videos_cadcam.html

I want to begin on the next 20 soon so I need some fresh ideas.

i would like to see a tutorial on machining die surfaces (3d) and mold cavities.

[Don Clement]

I'd really like to see tutorials that go through a particular machining operation (say roughing waterline) and explain all the settings on the parameters screen. It would be especially nice to have a description of when an option should be used and when it should not be used (e.g. trochoidal).

Mike

I second Mike's thinking here. I would like to see more tutorials explaining the basics of using SprutCAM like settings on the parameter screen.

Don

[Cairns]

I second Mike's thinking here. I would like to see more tutorials explaining the basics of using SprutCAM like settings on the parameter screen.

Don

I'll jump on this bandwagon as well. There are a few things I do just because I know it works correctly when I do it that way but without understanding why.

[Magnum164]

I second Mike's thinking here. I would like to see more tutorials explaining the basics of using SprutCAM like settings on the parameter screen.

Don

+1 I have trouble defining speeds/feeds in most commands. Normally going through the tutorials they just click on the settings without explanation.

[mayhugh1]

I think a good one would be to use the new Rotary Machining (finishing) operation in SC7 to machine a simple cam with multiple passes. - Terry