Re: Rapid Proofing Material

Wood, with a shop vac connected to the router.

Most light dust will get evacuated with no problem and the shop will
not get dusty. larger pieces will fly some distance, but can get
cleaned up easily. this does not produce exact duplicates as tool
sharpness my cause vibration once you switch to metal, but it offers
a simple test of the g-code.

Dave



--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "abbylynx <abbylynx@y...>"
<abbylynx@y...> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> What do you guys use as a proofing material when you want to test

out

> quickly whether a part will come out like you want. I'm tempted to
> use wax since it's nice and soft, and you could remelt all the

chips

> when you're done and mold it into the shape of more or less any

stock

> you wanted. What worries me is that it might simply melt like a
> candle and gum up the cutting tool/leadscrews/etc etc.
>
> So far I've been using some soft pieces of wood I found around my
> house, but it's not been without trouble. The fine particles of

dust

> got into my leadscrews after a few cuts (Okay, it was my fault for
> being impatient and blowing the dust as the mill was cutting

because

> I wanted to see the part :P) and the mill started making horrible
> sounds and losing lots of steps. I had to take the whole thing

apart,

> clean it with acetone, re-oil and recalibrate it. That said it

moves

> REALLY smoothly now, the Y-axis purring like a cat. :)
>
> So what do you use for rapid proofing?