milling curved handrail

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Jerry Wilson
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milling curved handrail

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Hey there,

Can anyone give me any help in toolpathing this? I have rhinocam pro v2.
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Re: milling curved handrail

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Use Between 2 Curve Finishing to program the 3D surface by selecting the 2 curves from the edge of the part as shown in the attached picture.
To create/extract the curves from the surface edge use Curve ->Curve From Objects ->Duplicate Edge.

RhinoCAM 2012 allows selection of Surface Edges as machining regions. This would save you the additional step to create these curve regions. For upgrade information please contact [email protected]
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Re: milling curved handrail

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Thank you, thank you, for your reply.

I do have couple questions on Beth Handrail rev1 file.

I down-loaded the file and there was still a “Curved Machining MOP” in there. I guess I’m not supposed to use that?

Also, in the “Between Two Curves MOP” you used a 3/8” ball, To get into the inside corners, I can think of a couple ways I might approach that, could you help me figure out what the best aproach would be.

Do I do the whole thing again with a straight bit?
Do I split up the shape and create different regions which would be flat, and then do a “Between Two Curves MOP” with a straight bit

Or is there a re-manufacturing procedure I could use?
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Re: milling curved handrail

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Questions such as these are best addressed in an on-line training session. Please call our support department to sign up for a session. One of our support engineers will be able to sign you on to one of our PCs and hopefully show you how to machine this.
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