"John R. Carroll" wrote:

Pete C. wrote:
"John R. Carroll" wrote:

Pete C. wrote:
Does anyone who has 3D capable CAD/CAM have the ambition to generate
some G-code for me? What I need is two sets of code for a half egg
shape, a positive and a negative to use in a press. The egg would be
approximately 3.5" diameter by a suitable length perhaps ~4.5" or
so. The pos/neg die clearance should be .020". Post processor for
Mach3.


3.5" Dia X 4.97" LOA



That sounds like a good size, and one that should fit the small work
envelope of an X2 mill. Also the 1.75" draw depth should hopefully be
small enough that the AL flashing material will press ok. I've got a
basic 20T H press which should do the job. Since this is to bake cake
which will get frosted, the surface finish doesn't have to be perfect.

Send me a valid e-mail address and I'll send a dimensioned drawing as a PDF
file.
You can let me know if I'm on the right track.
I think you will have to experiment a little with your technique to get a
good result but once we have a solid, programming or reprogramming changes
it is a trivial excercise.

--
John R. Carroll


aux34 at snet dot net

I have TurboCAD, so I can view a variety of 3D models, it's the 3D CAM
that I'm lacking, I use SheetCAM.

Thanks,

Pete C.