Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Newbie questions about CNC turning wood

I've turned and machined plenty of wood on my lathes and mills and on the
CNC mill at school.

Be real wary of the type wood you machine. If's it's walnut or some other
wood containing lots of acid, be sure to clean the machine well after use.
Otherwise you may wind up with lots of rust or tiny pits iin the metalwork.

I did find out after doing lots of wood turning that the split nuts for
threading tended to fill up with wood dust. Wound up having to take the
saddle off to get at them for cleaning.

Smoke


-----Original Message-----
From: liestman <liestman@...>
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Date: Monday, August 13, 2001 3:00 PM
Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Newbie questions about CNC turning wood

>I am a semi-professional builder of English bagpipes and am
>looking into using a Sherline CNC lathe to do some of the
>turning, mostly in wood, with some parts in brass and
>imitation ivory. Do folks on the list have opinions about
>using this
>equipment for turning woods? (The woods used are ebony and
>African blackwood, which turn more like metal than pine.) I
>presume I would need strong dust collection to keep the
>lathe screws clean?
>
>The main features of the turnings would be numerous square
>shoulders, a few small bead features, and some gentle
>curves. So far the cheaper CAD software I have seen is poor
>for gentle curves and often the Help files are bad. Can
>anyone recommend a CAD package under $300 that would be easy
>to use, well-documented, and handle curves nicely?
>
>Lastly, I would prefer to go to a Sherline CNC vendor and
>simply buy a package with the lathe already converted for
>CNC, all included. Any advice on which vendors would be
>best for my use?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>John Liestman
>Houston, Texas
>There is a picture of one of my instruments on
>my website at http://web.wt.net/~liestman/ .
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