The hole was something close to 0.347", of course. I don't recall measurements of it afterwords, except that it was sized well enough to run a thread tap into the hole, and the tap required 0.347" to make threads...
Nice job. I was wondering buying a sherline or a Taig. Could u advice me on which is better.Plus, what's the biggest diameter that can be machined on the sherline?Thanks.
I think the Sherline is more rigid and works better for larger projects. IT seems Sherline has more accessories as well, both from Sherline and aftermarket suppliers.
I know this comment is late but nice video, I appreciate a project start and finish, that is ever hardly done with most home cnc machinist (hobbyists) on youtube, nice pieces specially that you milled a few but what were the pieces for? That is another problem with hobbyist machining videos they also harly tell what the piece is for, still a great vid, though. Hope you keep up the good work, with a tripod and better camera. Keep'em coming.
The part is for lamps for my metal shop work area. They are hubs that flexable lamp shafts will screw into. I will have a few more videos eventually... and the completed project, but I moved in September and I travel often for work, so It will be a few months till I'm set up again and finishing.
how did you go about writing this code? linearly direction by direction, or can you actually program radii into Mach 3? I haven't figured out how to do this, but i would like to have my bits perform a helical/spiral plunge into my parts' toolpaths. if you could shed some light on the toolpath for this spiral, i'd appreciate it.
I used "G02" [Clock-Wise circular interpolation] to make these cuts. I'll post the actual code for this video later this week so you can see it... With G02 and G03 the "i" and "j" commands locate the axis from the current tool coordinate and G02=CW, or G03=CCW direction to go in a a radius path to the named XYZ coordinate....
Not this code, but as an example, this code does a circular cut with no Z change, and a Z plunge cut, repeating... the Z plunge done a F1 speed, and F5 for the circle. You can combine the Z depth with the circle to get a spiral, which would be used for thread milling, etc...
The Website does not say that at all. Sherline will cut steel even stainless steel for that matter. Unless you are their competitor, you had no reason to say that.
Just wondering that after programming for a .347 diameter, what did the hole measure after machining?
balcrstephens 1 year ago
balcrstephens,
Sorry for the late response...
The hole was something close to 0.347", of course. I don't recall measurements of it afterwords, except that it was sized well enough to run a thread tap into the hole, and the tap required 0.347" to make threads...
rdgtm 1 year ago
Nice job. I was wondering buying a sherline or a Taig. Could u advice me on which is better.Plus, what's the biggest diameter that can be machined on the sherline?Thanks.
324Ben 2 years ago
I think the Sherline is more rigid and works better for larger projects. IT seems Sherline has more accessories as well, both from Sherline and aftermarket suppliers.
rdgtm 2 years ago
I know this comment is late but nice video, I appreciate a project start and finish, that is ever hardly done with most home cnc machinist (hobbyists) on youtube, nice pieces specially that you milled a few but what were the pieces for? That is another problem with hobbyist machining videos they also harly tell what the piece is for, still a great vid, though. Hope you keep up the good work, with a tripod and better camera. Keep'em coming.
togaida 2 years ago 3
The part is for lamps for my metal shop work area. They are hubs that flexable lamp shafts will screw into. I will have a few more videos eventually... and the completed project, but I moved in September and I travel often for work, so It will be a few months till I'm set up again and finishing.
rdgtm 2 years ago
how did you go about writing this code? linearly direction by direction, or can you actually program radii into Mach 3? I haven't figured out how to do this, but i would like to have my bits perform a helical/spiral plunge into my parts' toolpaths. if you could shed some light on the toolpath for this spiral, i'd appreciate it.
thank you
TooSlow2Care 2 years ago
Hi,
I used "G02" [Clock-Wise circular interpolation] to make these cuts. I'll post the actual code for this video later this week so you can see it... With G02 and G03 the "i" and "j" commands locate the axis from the current tool coordinate and G02=CW, or G03=CCW direction to go in a a radius path to the named XYZ coordinate....
rdgtm 2 years ago
Not this code, but as an example, this code does a circular cut with no Z change, and a Z plunge cut, repeating... the Z plunge done a F1 speed, and F5 for the circle. You can combine the Z depth with the circle to get a spiral, which would be used for thread milling, etc...
g01 g90 x.875 y-.2797 z-.060 f1
g02 g90 x.875 y-.2797 i0 j-.0803 f5
g01 g90 x.875 y-.2797 z-.080 f1
g02 g90 x.875 y-.2797 i0 j-.0803 f5
g01 g90 x.875 y-.2797 z-.100 f1
g02 g90 x.875 y-.2797 i0 j-.0803 f5
rdgtm 2 years ago
Nice work, although a steadier hand on filming would have been even better.
Thanks for uploading.
jaycek 3 years ago
how good are this machine? im thinking to buy one but im not sure.
do they cut steel?
rosaliomorenocervant 3 years ago
these machines are not robust enough to cut steel regularly. the Sherline website does state that they do not cut steel well.
TooSlow2Care 2 years ago
The Website does not say that at all. Sherline will cut steel even stainless steel for that matter. Unless you are their competitor, you had no reason to say that.
2OQP 2 years ago 2