Spindles

[mrspindle]

After alot of playing, and adjusting, and more than my fair share of cursing, I may finally be getting the hang of this machine. These are some spindles we copied and turned for a couple customers on the Shopbot.

[myxpykalix]

Tell me how you got the designs just right? How did you match the profiles? Did you turn these on an indexer? Good job...

[James M]

Nice Job! How did you set up the job? Did you cut one of the originals in half to get the profile?

[barrowj]

They look really good, this is one of the reasons I got an indexer. I haven't had much time to mess with it and would also like to hear your process.

[myxpykalix]

check out his site http://www.mrspindle.com/

[elcar903]

Looks good, and thanks for the info

[mrspindle]

Thanks guys.
They were turned on the indexer. To match the profile, I measure them and plot out the points in my old Bobcad(because I am more familiar with it) then save a dxf to transfer into Aspire. I finish the file in Aspire, and run it through the PP. Then it is a matter of getting all of the feed and turning speeds right for an optimal turn.

[gene]

what bit did you use or was it a collection of bits . thanks

[mrspindle]

Gene,
It all depends on the spindle we are copying. For these I use an 1/8" bit because of the small beads.