Re: [Emc-users] Turning Polygons on Lathe

2008-02-12 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 12 February 2008, Ian W. Wright wrote: > >>On Monday 11 February 2008, Ian W. Wright wrote: >> > >> >For those who were fascinated by the polygon turning have a look at this >> >- http://tinyurl.com/2wqbvl , it achieves the same ends but without any >> >extra power or syn

Re: [Emc-users] Turning Polygons on Lathe

2008-02-12 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 12 February 2008, Brian Pitt wrote: >On Monday 11 February 2008 15:14, Gene Heskett wrote: >> On Monday 11 February 2008, Ian W. Wright wrote: >> >For those who were fascinated by the polygon turning have a look at this >> >- http://tinyurl.com/2wqbvl , it achieves the same ends but with

Re: [Emc-users] Turning Polygons on Lathe

2008-02-12 Thread Ian W. Wright
>>On Monday 11 February 2008, Ian W. Wright wrote: > >For those who were fascinated by the polygon turning have a look at this > >- http://tinyurl.com/2wqbvl , it achieves the same ends but without any > >extra power or synchronisation of spindle and cutter! The video even > >give

Re: [Emc-users] Turning Polygons on Lathe

2008-02-11 Thread Brian Pitt
On Monday 11 February 2008 15:14, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Monday 11 February 2008, Ian W. Wright wrote: > >For those who were fascinated by the polygon turning have a look at this > >- http://tinyurl.com/2wqbvl , it achieves the same ends but without any > >extra power or synchronisation of spindl

Re: [Emc-users] Turning Polygons on Lathe

2008-02-11 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 11 February 2008, Ian W. Wright wrote: >For those who were fascinated by the polygon turning have a look at this >- http://tinyurl.com/2wqbvl , it achieves the same ends but without any >extra power or synchronisation of spindle and cutter! The video even >gives a good indication of how y

Re: [Emc-users] Turning Polygons on Lathe

2008-02-11 Thread Ian W. Wright
For those who were fascinated by the polygon turning have a look at this - http://tinyurl.com/2wqbvl , it achieves the same ends but without any extra power or synchronisation of spindle and cutter! The video even gives a good indication of how you can make your own!!! Usual disclaimer - no conn

Re: [Emc-users] Turning Polygons on Lathe

2008-02-11 Thread Kenneth Lerman
(EMC)" Sent: Friday, February 08, 2008 9:15 PM Subject: [Emc-users] Turning Polygons on Lathe >I saw this on YouTube: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGq-9NNmr3o&feature=related > > Who is volunteering to do the kins for this? > > -- > Kirk Wallace (California, USA &g

Re: [Emc-users] Turning Polygons on Lathe

2008-02-09 Thread Brian Pitt
On Saturday 09 February 2008 10:58, Jon Elson wrote: > I notice thay didn't show the cutting tool clearly.  I would > have liked to see that. > Jon http://www.phorn.de/030610/PDFKataloge/Mehrkantfraeser.pdf they have an overview of the process at the end once the spindle speeds are synchronized

Re: [Emc-users] Turning Polygons on Lathe

2008-02-09 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 09 February 2008, ben lipkowitz wrote: >>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGq-9NNmr3o&feature=related >> >> I notice thay didn't show the cutting tool clearly. I would >> have liked to see that. > >Here is an animation that shows the process: >http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7

Re: [Emc-users] Turning Polygons on Lathe

2008-02-09 Thread Kirk Wallace
On Sat, 2008-02-09 at 12:58 -0600, Jon Elson wrote: > Kirk Wallace wrote: > > I saw this on YouTube: > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGq-9NNmr3o&feature=related > > > > Who is volunteering to do the kins for this? > > > > I notice thay didn't show the cutting tool clearly. I would > ha

Re: [Emc-users] Turning Polygons on Lathe

2008-02-09 Thread ben lipkowitz
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGq-9NNmr3o&feature=related > > I notice thay didn't show the cutting tool clearly. I would > have liked to see that. Here is an animation that shows the process: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7831550688320827327 The cutting tooth actually traces out

Re: [Emc-users] Turning Polygons on Lathe

2008-02-09 Thread Dave Engvall
Well, I could be absolutely crazy but I got the impression it was a matter of precise and repeatable synchronization. I can visualize it but have not drawn it out yet. Dave On Feb 9, 2008, at 10:58 AM, Jon Elson wrote: > Kirk Wallace wrote: >> I saw this on YouTube: >> >> http://www.youtube.

Re: [Emc-users] Turning Polygons on Lathe

2008-02-09 Thread Jon Elson
Kirk Wallace wrote: > I saw this on YouTube: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGq-9NNmr3o&feature=related > > Who is volunteering to do the kins for this? > I notice thay didn't show the cutting tool clearly. I would have liked to see that. Jon

Re: [Emc-users] Turning Polygons on Lathe

2008-02-08 Thread Brian Pitt
On Friday 08 February 2008 18:15, Kirk Wallace wrote: > I saw this on YouTube: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGq-9NNmr3o&feature=related > Who is volunteering to do the kins for this? there's really not much to it you run the polygon attachment at 2x the spindle RPM with half the number of te

Re: [Emc-users] Turning Polygons on Lathe

2008-02-08 Thread Chris Radek
On Fri, Feb 08, 2008 at 06:15:14PM -0800, Kirk Wallace wrote: > I saw this on YouTube: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGq-9NNmr3o&feature=related > > Who is volunteering to do the kins for this? I think the software is not hard. http://www.linuxcnc.org/docs/html/man/man9/encoder_ratio.9.htm

[Emc-users] Turning Polygons on Lathe

2008-02-08 Thread Kirk Wallace
I saw this on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGq-9NNmr3o&feature=related Who is volunteering to do the kins for this? -- Kirk Wallace (California, USA http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/ Hardinge HNC lathe, Bridgeport mill conversion, doing XY now, Zubal lathe conversion pendi