Re: Quick and Dirty One-Offs?

Chuck,

Alan M did that one. You'll find him (and it, I believe) at his
Sherline CNC yahoo group...

Hope this helps,

Ballendo


--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, Chuck Knight
<chuckknight@h...> wrote:

>
>
> >>I think it's sad that so many people share the idea that CNC is

for

> >>multiple items of the same type...
> >>
> >Yup, I want to second this! The very first part I did when I got

my 2-axis

> >CNC system going was a part to mount the motor for the 3rd axis.
> >But, now that I had CNC, I was free to make a part that I would

never

> >have made manually. It had a big bore in the center for the

motor, a

> >rounded outer part around the motor, and a part with an odd angle.
>
>
> Count another vote on this side of the argument.
>
> My intention for my machine (if I ever get it finished) is to cut

out

> parts for clocks and clockworks, like gears. I've tried cutting

gears

> by hand -- gear cutting wheels come in sets that "approximate" the

shape

> of the gullet, and provide a less than ideal (but in fairness,

still

> pretty darned good) tooth profile. I've also always had a hard

time

> getting the arbors perfectly centered...it's infuriating when

you're

> working on something that stops if you look at it wrong, when a

gear

> does not run true.
>
> CNC provides the precision necessary to do this kind of work,

custom, in

> realistic amounts of time, and at a cost that is not completely

bizarre.

> In fact, I'm finding myself considering clock designs I'd have

never

> drawn up, simply because my tool is almost ready to go! (Wiring up

my

> terminal strips, tonight...maybe I'll apply power, tomorrow!)
>
> Say, does anyone have the URL for that gear generating JAVA

applet? You

> input the number of teeth, etc, and it spits out the g-code. I saw

it a

> while back, on the list, and forgot to bookmark it.
>
> -- Chuck Knight