Making a Chess Piece | A Follow Up Video

[@TheWoodFly]

God Bless you sir for passing this on. A number of us have wondered how the heck to make this happen and your efforts of hit and miss are very helpfull.

[@JayBates]

Just got a rotary for my machine. Thanks for this to-the-point instruction.

[@DaveGatton]

Thanks for watching Jay. Much appreciated.

[@rrr92462]

Great explanation for Vcarve Pro. I think more hobbyists out thier use that vs Aspire.

[@glennhelwigwk8p530]

Thank you Dave !

[@DaveGatton]

Thanks for watching Glenn. I really appreciate it.

[@charlessteed6000]

Thank you Dave a great video as usual.

[@DaveGatton]

Thanks for watching Charles. Much appreciated.

[@teaguewhite26]

Very informative as always Dave, thanks for sharing this.

[@DaveGatton]

Thank you. I appreciate you watching and taking the time to comment.

[@rickmccaskill7888]

Just what I been wanting to make. Thank you.

[@stefanogobetto9897]

Buongiorno. Se potete aiutarmi per favore. Ho provato a fare una statuina di wilma dei flinstones ma non lavora in mezzo alle braccia e alle gambe. Perché?

[@paulsmessyworkshop]

Great explanation Dave.

[@DaveGatton]

Thank you Paul. I really appreciate you watching.

[@ljgault]

Dave, you made it easy enough for me to even understand. Thank you..

[@DaveGatton]

Thank you Larry. I appreciate you watching. Hope it helped you.

[@davematthews7686]

Great explanation.

[@DaveGatton]

Thanks Dave. I appreciate you watching my videos.

[@HarnealMedia]

Great work Dave. Amazing to see it work

[@jafarbarmaki6668]

Thank you so much you are a good man

[@RBallarddesigns]

That is a pretty cool process.

[@DaveGatton]

Thanks for watching Solar Man. 😀

[@rrr92462]

How was the work piece chucked? I understand the tail stock end. Did you place a hole on the on the work piece to chuck it?

[@DaveGatton]

No. Since I start out with square stock and use the rounding toolpath gadget to make a cylinder, I glue a piece of round scrap that I've cut with my CNC to the end of the square stock.

[@madeindungog]

Hi Dave do you need Vcarve Pro woud it work and be the same with Vcarve Desktop

[@DaveGatton]

Thanks for watching. It's my understanding the Vcarve Desktop does not have "Gadgets" included like Vcarve Pro does. You need the "wrapping toolpath" gadget to create the rotary toolpath.

[@michaeltiberi9853]

Hey Dave, I noticed you have an Albert Einstein bust project. Could you please do a video on the software creation of that.

[@DaveGatton]

Thanks for watching Michael. Let me revisit that project and I'll put a video for that in the que.

[@sidewinderdrums]

Great video Dave. Rotary scares a lot of people, but in the end, it is not much different that tradition cnc work. A really smart guy once told me "It aint rocket science".

[@DaveGatton]

Thanks for watching Rob. I appreciate you watching my videos. I think I may of heard of that guy that told you that. I'm not so sure he is really smart though.

[@jrdevelopment2020]

excellent work i designed a rotary but i think i might just purchase this one you got here. is your board setup for rotary or did you just replace your y or x axis whichever your forward back is with the rotary? mine is y

[@sergioferiaruz1556]

Hi, very good video! I have a doubt, which post processor do you select when generating the file?

[@randysonnicksen9475]

I couldn't see what file type you were importing from Thingiverse. Was that an STL file?

[@DaveGatton]

Yes. It was a STL file. That file could be 3D printed as well.

[@randysonnicksen9475]

@@DaveGatton Do you ever run into models that might require the Y axis to move to get "behind" other portions of the model? It seems like all of the rotary axis videos I've seen have the Y axis fixed directly over the centerline of the rotary axis. I don't have a CNC yet, but zeroing in on the Altmill. The Altmill doesn't have a separate stepper driver for a rotary axis, but instead, has a switch box that connects it to the Y axis drivers, thereby disabling the Y axis while the rotary is in use. Is this a pretty common implementation of a rotary axis (shares drivers with Y axis?) Can V-Carve even generate a toolpath for this type of configuration (moving Y axis during rotary operations)?

[@DaveGatton]

@@randysonnicksen9475 With V-Carve Pro you can "wrap" the X axis or the Y axis, meaning depending on which way you have your rotary axis aligned on your machine that axis is wrapped. For example, in the video here I have the rotary axis aligned with the X axis, so the values of the Y axis are replaced by the A axis. So you are really only using three axis at a time, the X axis, the Z axis, and the A axis (rotation). If your rotary axis is aligned parallel with the Y axis then you're using the Y axis, the Z axis, and the A axis (rotation). There is more expensive software that will you to do true 4 or 5 axis programming but V-carve Pro is not one of them.

[@dancesteps-vaishnavi5639]

Hi, How long it takes do this job? Appreciate effort.

[@MetehanYurdakul]

hi mr dave i rly wanna this horse model but dont know how to fine where are i find this model ?

[@DaveGatton]

I found the model on Thingiverse. It's not hard to find.

[@MetehanYurdakul]

@@DaveGatton yes it for u.. My english is not good i dont find can u give me link ?

[@DavidNicolanti]

Dave, are the Vectric files available for sale? ….for all the pieces…

[@DaveGatton]

All of the free files I've used were downloaded from Thingiverse.

[@MoonpieCreations]

One day I’ll have my Gatton up and running. Stupid wiring. 😂🤣

[@DaveGatton]

And one day I'll have a pressure pot. 🙃 Thanks for watching buddy.