I'm going to test the 1/16 bit that comes with the bit kit available at the shop and i have a couple of questions from the more expert people: 1) Is it still good for cutting depron 2) what about the feed rate: should be increased or decreased Many thanks for any help
Hello actaline, With that bit you can cut very fast and you will not run the risk of melting, but it will create some dust. I cut at about 100 to 150 ipm when using it. If you use the 1/16 Dremel bit # 569 (grout removal bit) https://www.hardwareworld.com/Grout-Rem ... GDS38.aspx You will get a nicer cut with almost no dust, but need to slow your cut speeds down. I use about 80 ipm on this one. Hope this helps Mark
many thanks for the hints Mark. I'll look here at Dremel display wall for the #569 too. It should be a spot trial: I have to simulate the knife cut using the Phlatscript CenterLine tool on little glider shapes. In such a way I hope kids can easy complete the cutting of shapes with plastic knifes and still obtaining a good cutting job. Building a free flying glider from "half" scratch is really much more fun for them.
Your more then welcome For score lines like that I usually use 10 to 15% depth and that works out well. Please share pics when you get some of these complete Mark
here is the result: these are intended to be 6 kit to cut from. I'm using a 5 mm XPS sheet available here. Deep of score is setted to 100% with center-line tool due to uneven surface and uncalibrated Z, while upward flap score deep is set to 50% with fold tool. I see I can set deep manually i.e. to 30% but when click enter it goes back to standard values 25, 50, 75 ... Patter is from http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/TRC/Ae ... _WING.html I have added a fuso i have called the "turbo fitting" Kids cut with the plastic knife and do profile with sand paper. With the "turbo fitting" it can reach about 20 feet high with a large looping and then gentle glide. Action pic is from styrene tray Carlo Attached files
You are not supposed to click enter when you set the depth. You just enter the depth that you want and use the tool, as in 'center line' tool or 'fold' tool ect.
Many thanks TigerPilot, I see solution was just a click back Pls don't worry frankrcfc, kids are working on already scored sheets using the plastic knife
Great pictures Carlo! That last one say it all for us Thank you for sharing Looks like you are getting the hang of the Phlatprinter quickly. One thing to mention is that if you want a centerline to cut all the way through you can do a depth cut of 110 and that should do it. Have fun Mark and Trish
