I been busy but not so busy that I did make time to d/l the updated files. I plan to build one. I do have a question. You used wood. I was thinking about using acrylic 1/4" plastic and laser cut it. Do you see a problem?
Dan Mauch
20th Anniversary in CNC www.camtronics-cnc.com
ArtF wrote:
Hi All:
Please post any files showing kinetic art designs youve made, or any files on the topic you'd like to share.
I was tempted to do the same. I do think it will work BUT it may be hard to properly lock the "gears" to their shaft.. you need a pretty posative lock on the impulse pallet to its shaft. Of course Im sure you can come up with a solution for that, and I cant think of anything else that would preclude it working..
Thank you so much for sharing your design with us.
I'm very tempted to build one as well and have a couple of questions :
- Are all the .dxf files supposed to be cutted out of 20mm material ?
- Would it be possible to have a couple of side views (drawings or pictures) of the complete assembly so we can understand a bit better the relationships between the parts
- Is everything that you have been using with metric dimensions ?
Thank you very much for your answer
- Are all the .dxf files supposed to be cutted out of 20mm material ?
Most of them. I dont measure my material prior to cutting. I generate all paths usually for 20mm thick cutting ( 3/4 inch) and then
if the baord is 22mm's, I just zero into the wood by 2mm..if its 15mm I zero 5mm above the material. This way I dont have to continously
run back and forth regening Gcode for various wood.
- Would it be possible to have a couple of side views (drawings or pictures) of the complete assembly so we can understan d a bit better the relations hips between the parts
I never do this beacause as above I never know how think things are. The human brain instantly figures out things from te actual thickness faster than I can
make a computer code for that, so thickness in tickers is not important. Watch the photos in the video carefully, youll see there is almost no need for side views
because the pieces will only really fit in one way..
- Is everything that you have been using with metric dimensions ?
Yes, I use only metric so scale by 25.4 if you use standard..
Art, I am trying to build Scimitar. I have cut most of the components on my CNC, however, I could not locate the gear g-code. I tried to generate the gear g-code using Gearotic Motion but was unable to create a file without collision. Is there any chance of you adding the gear g-code to the download?
I was planning to build a simple clock until I saw Scimitar and became hooked!
John Dortch
"Any technology, sufficiently advanced, is indistinguishable from magic". Arthur C. Clarke
I haven't found any of the large gears or their pinions in ".tap" format. I tried creating them in Gearotic Thoughts, which was fun BTW, and I enjoyed playing with it. I created the two gears (40t & 10t) for the Simitar it self and cut them out with reasonable results however I failed to set the center hole size. They also appear to have much more "slop" than I expected.
I have really enjoyed fooling around with this project. It's too cold to sail, and too windy to fly. Just give me a warm fire and a CNC project
Thanks
John
"Any technology, sufficiently advanced, is indistinguishable from magic". Arthur C. Clarke
Sorry, 20mm is fine...
My first try was about 12mm on some inexpensive plywood w/h oak laminate just to get the feel of things. I found that the Wheel and pinion That I fashioned in Gearotic Thoughts are the wrong size and won't fit, but hey, it's only the first try ...
John
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"Any technology, sufficiently advanced, is indistinguishable from magic". Arthur C. Clarke
