Post by canadianwood on Apr 9, 2013 17:58:21 GMT -8
Hey folks,
Not looking to cut a 3D image every time, though that is the plan for some parts of the project. In short, I am looking to attach a turning center to the table of the Intellicarve 1013. I would like to run a basic dimensions based program and turn the same item over and over.
The piece is 3D in that it has dished in bits at either end where it would be in the live center/chuck. This, in my estimation, would require either a tilted piece and two programs with an end mill to get the dish in either end of the turned piece, or three programs and the ability to lower the table to fit the piece or have the piece mounted and turned and mounted stationary for detail work below the table to add 3" of working space.
The limitation is the 3" space to work in. Some of these items are 14" long and 4" across give or take out of hardwoods, though the bulk of my interest will be turning 10"x2.5"x2.5" pieces. Is a turning center for these kinds of ideas viable with this machine without significant modification? If modification is the next route, would mounting a turning center under a gap made to accommodate the pieces in the table to put less than half the working surface in play in the work area be possible? Like move the whole machine up 3" and either drop the mechanized table down or cut a whole and mount beneath. Dropping the table could allow a top mounting of the lathe and stationary clamping at an angle on a turning center for end piece work.
This would allow us to create the 360degree cut on the turned piece with a simple jig program and two other programs with the piece end clamped straight up and down in the gap to permit the programmed cut of the more complicated end parts.
I am a noob, and would deeply like to not have to modify an otherwise perfectly made tool for my ideas. If anyone can help, it would be an enormous relief to know there are ready solutions...and if not, any helpful recommendations on what we can do to utilize this cost affective tool to the best of it's capacity. I don't have the capacity currently to upgrade to the 1015...but would it be worth it to consider if modifications would cost more than just buying the machine with the greater working space?
Thanks guys, fascinated with this machines potential!
-Curtis
Not looking to cut a 3D image every time, though that is the plan for some parts of the project. In short, I am looking to attach a turning center to the table of the Intellicarve 1013. I would like to run a basic dimensions based program and turn the same item over and over.
The piece is 3D in that it has dished in bits at either end where it would be in the live center/chuck. This, in my estimation, would require either a tilted piece and two programs with an end mill to get the dish in either end of the turned piece, or three programs and the ability to lower the table to fit the piece or have the piece mounted and turned and mounted stationary for detail work below the table to add 3" of working space.
The limitation is the 3" space to work in. Some of these items are 14" long and 4" across give or take out of hardwoods, though the bulk of my interest will be turning 10"x2.5"x2.5" pieces. Is a turning center for these kinds of ideas viable with this machine without significant modification? If modification is the next route, would mounting a turning center under a gap made to accommodate the pieces in the table to put less than half the working surface in play in the work area be possible? Like move the whole machine up 3" and either drop the mechanized table down or cut a whole and mount beneath. Dropping the table could allow a top mounting of the lathe and stationary clamping at an angle on a turning center for end piece work.
This would allow us to create the 360degree cut on the turned piece with a simple jig program and two other programs with the piece end clamped straight up and down in the gap to permit the programmed cut of the more complicated end parts.
I am a noob, and would deeply like to not have to modify an otherwise perfectly made tool for my ideas. If anyone can help, it would be an enormous relief to know there are ready solutions...and if not, any helpful recommendations on what we can do to utilize this cost affective tool to the best of it's capacity. I don't have the capacity currently to upgrade to the 1015...but would it be worth it to consider if modifications would cost more than just buying the machine with the greater working space?
Thanks guys, fascinated with this machines potential!
-Curtis