On Thursday 11 September 2014 21:04:25 dave did opine And Gene did reply: > Hi Gene, > > This not life critical but simply supposed to be a sign: > > 3" x 6" x 1/8 Al ...6061 that I get at the scrap place. > > I want to make a sign that says, in letters approx 1.25 " high > "BUSY". This goes on a chain at our island summer retreat to hint to > people coming down the path that the necessary is busy. ;-) > > We typically leave the door open as it faces the bay so we get a view > while doing our business. It is nice to not get interrupted. :-) > > Substituting the default by BUSY and setting the font size should do > the job. > > Thanks for wanting to help. > > dave
For that, a 2 flute 1/8" bit, driven by TTT's output should do it. Pick a font thats slender enough ttt doesn't leave an uncut ridge in the center of a character line. I'd cut 1/3 of the 1/8" deep while its wading in cutting oil, run the face over a piece of wet 600 grit on a granite surface plate to get a good face, wash the oil away with acetone, fill the engraved groove with black enamel, and lacquer the bare alu to keep it looking fresher longer. Should last for years. 72 points is an inch, so you'd want about an 90 point scale for the truetype to get about the right size. I'll try to play with it tomorrow & maybe send you some gcode. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> US V Castleman, SCOTUS, Mar 2014 is grounds for Impeaching SCOTUS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Want excitement? Manually upgrade your production database. When you want reliability, choose Perforce Perforce version control. Predictably reliable. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=157508191&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
