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There is no doubt the painters tape/Ca method is not the end all for hold down. Besides not CAing in the spots necessary for a good hold after the...
Ahhh, I see. It's being disguised as control software.:) Thanks I thought it had to be somewhere. Bruce
Folks, is there a Sketchup drawing of the stock original C-Beam platemaker somewhere. I'd like to get it to play around with modifications to it....
I just used the 2" blue generic painters tape I bought to use painting my house. The problem for me wasn't the tape. The problem was when you glue...
I have used this painters tape and CA technique very successfully 3 times now. It works very well but like all tools in your bag it has some...
David, I understand what your saying about 50"/min. All the advise here and elsewhere says most people don't cut aluminum fast enough and I'm not...
Guys, thanks to your help I was able to cut a sheet of .032 aluminum of unknown quality, good enough to clean up with a file and create a Cessna...
Thanks Flo. We both have the same thoughts on aluminum, we are just not understanding each other. I'm a pilot and aircraft mechanic. I understand...
Thanks Flo, as you suspect Jet A does not have the lubricating properties of kero yet it will cool as Rick points out. I'm not worried Jet-A will...
Thank you Mark and David for the resources. There was a time when I'd remember thousands of details of all sorts of operations. As I've aged, like...
David, thank you for the tips. I have a friend who use to cut a lot of aluminum sheet on a big industrial router stop by. He say's I'm probably...
More info. Apparently I'm not cutting at 15000 rpm but 27000 or close to it. This is the top speed of the DWP611. According to the Shpeoko site I...
Thank Darathy, just what I was looking for. Do you know what kind of aluminum your cutting. 20XX, 30XX, 50XX, or 60XX and might yo know the...
Actually looking at the part on the right, it does not look bad on the right side of the cut. The part however looked like the left side of the...
An update: I found the C-Beam plate cut example and looked at the settings use to cut it in ScetchUCam. Figured if it would work for that it...
I build a C-Beam last year. It's stock with a Dewalt DWP611 router. I use Scetchup and ScetchUCam. Haven't done a lot with it but have cut...
GerrvitV, Thanks for considering a change to the double clicking thing. I've operated a lot of software over the last 30 years and have never run...
David, thank you. I did find the other thread but got lost trying to use and make sense of it. This explanation makes sense to me. One thing I...
Hmmm. My question has been here two weeks and no answer at all. Either I put it in the wrong place for people who might know the answer to see, no...
Can't figure out how to make the offset feature work. So I must not understand. As example I have a pen tool so work height is the table top....
