Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] What is the best way to CAD a flywheel w/spokes?

mszollar wrote:

>I am working on drawing a flywheel with 5 spokes, each 72 degrees
>apart. The outer rim of the cutout is offset 65 deg. from each
>spoke. I'm not quite certain where to start and how to go about it.
>Any help would be appreciated. Hopefully this makes sense but if an
>image is needed I can
>upload one.
>
>

I just wrote a program in C last night to cut a "tonewheel" to retrofit
a digital tach on my lathe. I figured out the main points on one notch,
and then had it write the G-code for each notch by rotating the pattern
and repeating. In this case it was one continuous cut forming the
entire perimiter of the cut. If you have a list of the coordinates for
the hole between two spokes, it could be rotated around the center to
do the rest of them.

Jon