GearHeads Forum

Lately I have been getting into projects that came with .DXF files, suh as Scimitar. I've imposed on a fellow woodworker to print them out for me and mail them to me so I could spray mount them on plywood and cut them out. Though I'm not sure, I ASSUME Staples or Office Max could print them out for me if they were PDF format.

My question is, does anyone know of a cheap or free conversion software program that would convert .DXF files to PDF? The few free ones I've tried won't make a PDF with multiple "pages" if the original .DXF files had multiple pages for different parts of the project.

I've tried asking our local university engineering dept. if they would print them out for me, but they only do work for students of the university.

Thanks for any advise.
roger901

Try this site.  I've had fairly good luck with them.  You tell them the file name and they email the converted file to you.
You can register with them, but you don't have to.

http://www.zamzar.com/convert/dxf-to-pdf/

By the way, if you send them a file with multiple pages, they send back individual files of each page.

I bet you could download the free version of DraftSight

http://www.3ds.com/products-services/dr ... -[intext]-[www.solidworks.com]

which will load dxf files and then print to a file as a pdf.

Remember too, you can just telkl Gearotic to print the gears for glueing to a panel for cutting, GM will
print at a 1:1 ratio so the size is correct.

Art

Thanks Everyone for the information,  I'm almost finished with Scimitar and will post a few pictures of it.  I'm looking forward to future creations using Gearotic

Excellent..another scimitar in the world.

(I do  live vicariuosly through the art of others. )

Art

ArtF wrote: Remember too, you can just telkl Gearotic to print the gears for glueing to a panel for cutting, GM will
print at a 1:1 ratio so the size is correct.

Art

Sorry Art...I don't understand your posting..."teckl?"..."GM?"

roger901

Hi Roger:

I type faster than I should.. lol

The text should have said..

"Remember too, you can just tell Gearotic to print the gears for glueing to a panel for cutting, GM will ..."

Gearotics printing module is set to print to exact size for just such work..

Art

Can you give the pertinent info you used to tap the wood pieces for set screws on Scimitar?...set screw thread count (10-32, 4-10, etc.), set screw length, drill bit size, tap bit size, etc. Do you know if the same info works for Baltic Birch plywood as well as hardwood?

Thanks
roger901

Hi Roger:

  You give me far too much credit. I just reach in my pile, grab whatever screws I have and drill and screw them in,
I didnt tap or plan much. Grabed setscrews about 1/8" and screwed them in a hole just smaller..  My tickers are a
mix of hardwood and baltic birch, havent had any troubles with strength of fit or anything.. Im more of a by the seat of my arse
builder, I grab what looks good and fit it in...


Art