ty
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Post by ty on Dec 11, 2020 20:41:13 GMT -5
Below are photos from a recent project inspired by Tim Sway's In the lab Egg Shaker Project (https://portal.vectric.com/content/p/EggShaker). Since I don't have Aspire I had to model my own egg shape halves in Fusion 360 and import it. It ended up turning out fairly nicely with some minor alignment on the glue up combining the two halves. Does anyone have any tips on 2 sided machining keeping the model centered in the stock, does my software thickness have to match precisely or is there a workaround?
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johnb
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Post by johnb on Dec 12, 2020 11:08:05 GMT -5
elsewhere I have noted the recommendation to design-in holes for dowels (into the waste area of the piece that you're working) and use the machine to cut them through into the spoilboard when cutting the first side...then you just flip it when cutting the (mirrored) second side of the work and plug the dowels through into the spoilboard
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Post by johnb on Dec 12, 2020 12:10:53 GMT -5
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ty
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Post by ty on Dec 13, 2020 19:52:49 GMT -5
elsewhere I have noted the recommendation to design-in holes for dowels (into the waste area of the piece that you're working) and use the machine to cut them through into the spoilboard when cutting the first side...then you just flip it when cutting the (mirrored) second side of the work and plug the dowels through into the spoilboard John,
Thanks for the tip! I did use this technique for centering the model in the x-y plane and have great success with alignment in those directions. My question pertains more to the z direction, I have found that there are slight overcut or undercut issues if you don't get the thickness almost spot on and wondered if there was a better way.
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