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28 questions
- Answered by the shopVCarve Pro & Aspire2 min read
Where should X0 Y0 go on a rotary job, and which end of the blank does it land on?
In a rotary job only one of the two flat axes is still a real distance. The Orientation setting in the Job Setup form decides which:
Kinetic Carvingupdated - Answered by the shopVCarve Pro & Aspire3 min read
What should my first rotary project be, and what mistakes ruin a first rotary job?
Keep it small, soft and short so mistakes are cheap.
Kinetic Carvingupdated - Answered by the shopVCarve Pro & Aspire3 min read
How do I make a tapered leg or column on the rotary axis?
A rotary job starts as a straight cylinder. Decoration placed on the surface does not change the body.
Kinetic Carvingupdated - Answered by the shopVCarve Pro & Aspire2 min read
My rotary part came out the wrong diameter (too thin or too fat). What did I zero wrong?
On a rotary job every Z height is a radius. That has two consequences:
Kinetic Carvingupdated - Answered by the shopVCarve Pro & Aspire2 min read
Why does my rotary job crawl (or race) compared to the feed rate I set?
The feed rate in the tool database is a surface speed in inches or millimeters per minute. A rotary axis does not move in inches.
Kinetic Carvingupdated - Answered by the shopVCarve Pro & Aspire2 min read
How do I make a pattern meet up cleanly at the seam of a rotary job?
The flat 2D view is the cylinder surface unrolled. One side of the job is the length of the blank.
Kinetic Carvingupdated - Answered by the shopVCarve Pro & Aspire2 min read
Can I use the rotary axis as an indexer to machine flats, a square or a hexagon?
A rotary job is a wrapping job. The flat toolpath is rolled around the cylinder, and one linear axis is swapped for rotation.
Kinetic Carvingupdated - Answered by the shopVCarve Pro & Aspire2 min read
My rotary blank is a rough log or out of round. What diameter and Z zero should I use?
The software assumes a perfect cylinder of the Diameter you enter.
Kinetic Carvingupdated - Answered by the shopVCarve Pro & Aspire2 min read
How much extra blank do I need for the chuck and tailstock, and how do I hold a 3D rotary carving with tabs?
The blank: the real piece of wood, including what sits inside the chuck. The job Length: the part of the blank the bit is allowed to reach.
Kinetic Carvingupdated - Answered by the shopVCarve Pro & Aspire2 min read
Should my rotary 3D finish passes run along the length or around the cylinder?
In the 3D Finish Toolpath, a Raster Angle of 0 gives passes mainly parallel to X and 90 gives passes mainly parallel to Y.
Kinetic Carvingupdated - Answered by the shopVCarve Pro & Aspire2 min read
How big can text be around a cylinder, and why does deep V-carving look squeezed on a rotary job?
Two separate things affect lettering on a cylinder.
Kinetic Carvingupdated - Answered by the shopVCarve Pro & Aspire2 min read
How does the Wrapped Fluting Layout gadget lay out flutes around a rotary blank?
Wrapped Fluting Layout (Gadgets menu, preinstalled) lays out the vectors for straight flutes and coves around a rotary workpiece.
Kinetic Carvingupdated - Answered by the shopVCarve Pro & Aspire2 min read
How does the Orientate 3D Model gizmo work when importing a model into a rotary job? (12.5)
When you import a 3D model into a rotary job in 12.5, the Orientate 3D Model form opens with an interactive orientation gizmo so you can position, rotate, and...
Kinetic Carvingupdated - Answered by the shopVCarve Pro & Aspire2 min read
How do I round a square blank into a cylinder for a rotary job? (Create Rounding Toolpath gadget)
The Create Rounding Toolpath gadget (Gadgets menu) generates the toolpath that machines a rough blank, square or already round, down to a clean finished...
Kinetic Carvingupdated - Answered by the shopAspire only2 min read
How does the Vector Unwrapper tool turn a cross-section into a flat vector for rotary modeling?
The Vector Unwrapper takes a 2D contour, the silhouette or cross-section of the round part you want, and converts it into an unwrapped vector laid out flat...
Kinetic Carvingupdated - Answered by the shopVCarve Pro & Aspire2 min read
Does VCarve Pro support rotary (4th-axis) machining, or do I need Aspire?
Yes. VCarve Pro has wrapped rotary machining, the same as Aspire. A common misconception says rotary is Aspire-only; it is not.
Kinetic Carvingupdated - Answered by the shopVCarve Pro & Aspire2 min read
Can I import a full 3D STL figure into a VCarve Pro rotary job?
Yes. VCarve Pro (like Aspire) can import an external 3D model, such as an STL of a full-round figure like a statue, column, or finial, directly into a rotary...
Kinetic Carvingupdated - Answered by the shopVCarve Pro & Aspire2 min read
Why won't my rotary job carve under the overhangs? (Rotary can't do undercuts)
The software's rotary machining is a wrapped 3-axis model: it machines a flat relief that gets wrapped around the cylinder, and the tool always points at the...
Kinetic Carvingupdated - Answered by the shopVCarve Pro & Aspire2 min read
My rotary job won't rotate - or the text carved mirrored/backwards. What's wrong with the output?
Rotary output depends entirely on a wrapping post-processor, a post that converts one linear axis into rotation:
Kinetic Carvingupdated - Answered by the shopVCarve Pro & Aspire3 min read
How do I set up Material Setup for a rotary/spindle job in VCarve Pro & Aspire?
Applies to: Both (VCarve Pro and Aspire)
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