Interesting combination of paths and tools :)

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Chris.Botha
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Interesting combination of paths and tools :)

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Folks.. from time to time I get to cut rings for Colin(colwax), and man, let me tell you , he designs some lovely one, but !! BEEEEEEG!!!

Most we are not able to post but this one I gotten his permission to post with, so I have decided to do a video tutorial for Rhinocam on this one too.

Without further ado :)


A sneak at the paths involved, 4 tool changes and heap of paths, this will be in video, the rest is methodology :), the only thing more interesting about this job is that it features a hollow head, ie: its not cut through to the finger and has a thin sleeve inside, so accessing those hollow area from the top at various angles was a fun exercise

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Split a bit of signet tube off,
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onto the conical cone clamps
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onto the lathe to cut a lip to fit Niko/Kens fixture
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Cut that lip!
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Move lipped section into Niko/Kens fixture and Core the fingersize
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Move it onto the Minitech and leave the rest to Mrs Botha ;)
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Roughing Pass with 3.17 End MIll
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Image of pass setup
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Result of Roughing Pass
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ToolChange to 0.8mm BallEnd and finishing pass as rotary
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path representation from RhinoCAm, noteuncut areas,
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Result of Finishing Pass, uncut areas clearly visible and inaccessible wit 0.8BE even as a index due to tool cut depth
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Index pass with 10 degree pyramid using half of extract curve from Rhino Model, and A rolled 16 degrees to right
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representation of path
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repeat to other side reversing angle
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And Voila!
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Now for the inset art section roughing 3.17 EM
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and paths represented
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and result then DROWNED in oil and finished
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as per this path with 0.076mm tapered cutter
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resulting in this GLOP.... off to the ultrasonic..
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and the final results!
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and after casting I assume this wil happen :)

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Wine me, dine me, tram my mill for me!
Chris.Botha
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Wine me, dine me, tram my mill for me!
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Post by MecSoft Support »

Hi Chris,
you should split up each of your test cases and post them separately. This way it does not take that long to load and more readable. Just a suggestion.

Lovely work. Keep them coming.
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