One of the problems with having handwheels on CNC leadscrews is that they add to the rotational inertia and cause balance issues. To solve this issue, I made some handwheels which are well balanced.
Here's a video of the process (ignore the guy giving shameless self promotion in the beginnning ;) ):
The toolpaths for the numbers and graduations are made in CamBam and wrapped around the A axis with axis_swapper. See this thread for details:
http://www.cnczone.com/forums/genera...er_script.html
You can download the script from here:
https://github.com/qtul/axes_swapper/
Everything was made on the Qtul Enterprises 100mm / 4" CNC rotary table:
CNC 4th Axis Rotary Table (100mm / 4 inch)
The workpiece is about 40mm or 1.6" in diameter. Material is 6061 aluminum. Details of tools, speeds and feeds are given in the video.
Let me know what you think!
Here's a video of the process (ignore the guy giving shameless self promotion in the beginnning ;) ):
The toolpaths for the numbers and graduations are made in CamBam and wrapped around the A axis with axis_swapper. See this thread for details:
http://www.cnczone.com/forums/genera...er_script.html
You can download the script from here:
https://github.com/qtul/axes_swapper/
Everything was made on the Qtul Enterprises 100mm / 4" CNC rotary table:
CNC 4th Axis Rotary Table (100mm / 4 inch)
The workpiece is about 40mm or 1.6" in diameter. Material is 6061 aluminum. Details of tools, speeds and feeds are given in the video.
Let me know what you think!