engraving question

[wildcat99]

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I went back to the Drafting (stick) Font because that gives you the Drafting Options to rotate and mirror the text.

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[Riley]

Most of the engraving I have done,I used a small ball endmill.

[ERIC14779]

Wildcat

 

What do you think of your Quintax now that you have had it for a while?

 

This is Eric previously from American Form Tech I now am in northern Virginia working for another thermoforming operation

[wildcat99]

Hi Eric

 

We're coming up on 5yrs with our router. It's a great machine and has done just about everything we've needed. It's dedicated to trimming production parts and we've just gone to a 2nd shift with some rumblings of adding another Quintax.

 

I still get on the machine to setup and prove out new trim programs, cut aluminum molds, foam patterns and other special projects. Mostly 'nights and weekends' work.

 

At first startup, I had a steep learning curve tackling Mastercam, post processors and a 5-axis machine all at once, but things are running smooth now.

 

I see you still get to use Mastercam. What type of machines are you running? Do you still have a Quintax?

[ERIC14779]

Wildcat

 

Actually My Current Employer bought out our plant in Western NY and had it all shipped down here to Elkton VA.

 

So I have all our equipment plus a Komo 3 axis 5' x 10' with aggregate drill heads and a Multicam 5' x 10' 3 axis router and my boss just bought (3 months ago) a 200 watt 80" x 120" laser from Multicam.

 

We are having some problems with the laser portion saying in alignment but it is cool to cut with light.

[ERIC14779]

PS also we have a RPT RoboTrim 1000 Robot to trim parts with

 

it is also quite Cool

[S.Hall]

A cool trick for letters or numbers is to use a pencil toolpath and,the Drag function to move youre fonts. With drag you have the option of translatingthem from one spot to the next or, spinning them in different degrees of angle. Quick and easy. Hope this helps.