Comments for Better Living Through CNC

Comment on T-Splines V3.3 Sneak Peek – Re-topo tools will blow your mind by betterlivingthroughcnc

betterlivingthroughcnc — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 21:30:50 +0000

What kind of work are you doing that needs that kind of tolerance?

Comment on T-Splines V3.3 Sneak Peek – Re-topo tools will blow your mind by niko

niko — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 21:28:47 +0000

Very nice. I’ve been using a similar method to get good RE results with the Tsplines trial. The resulting surface looks nice but i do need it to be within .002″.

Comment on KevCAM Part 3.5 – KevCAM Goes on Vacation by Donald Kelley

Donald Kelley — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 23:07:40 +0000

Hi, have enjoyed your kevcam series. It seems as if it is not completed (up to 3.5). Is there more to come or is that the end. I am very much interested in trying to automate some/all of this through Rhinoscript to produce gcodes. Seems possible with a good bit of work but you have done all the hard conceptual work. I appreciate you time to document what you have learned.
Thanks,
don

Comment on Creating High Quality, Reusable Molds with CNC Machined Foam and Stretchelon Bagging Film – aka “The Method” by Wing molds out of blue styrofoam?

Wing molds out of blue styrofoam? — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 08:47:24 +0000

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Comment on Giles G-200 Cowling by Ramon

Ramon — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 11:10:30 +0000

Hi Sky,

I’ve just started to use TSplines and I’m currently trying to work through your cowling tutorial. Can I ask the method you used to make the raised section of the spinner ring? I can seem to get it to work. I have removed the four faces etc but then get stuck. Any help would be appreciated.

Cheers

Ramon

Comment on Lancair IV-P Custom Wingtips – Back From Paint by Sjef Brugemann

Sjef Brugemann — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 15:58:49 +0000

I’m the owner of this Lancair 4p.
We put landinglights in the new wingtips.
If you want a picture let me know.

Comment on T-Splines Webinar: Transitioning from NURBS to T-Splines by Michael

Michael — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 23:36:27 +0000

Understood. There is another memorable line of thought in the seminar — this amazing concept of “seeing the world as extrusions….”

Have a great holiday, Michael

Comment on T-Splines Webinar: Transitioning from NURBS to T-Splines by betterlivingthroughcnc

betterlivingthroughcnc — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 20:14:57 +0000

Thanks Michael! As for the pencil sketch – well if you can believe this, I often find that the topological layout of a model does not always come naturally to me. Having a pencil sketch keeps me on the straight and narrow when I’m making a model. Because, well, sometimes this stuff is really hard!

-Sky

Comment on T-Splines Webinar: Transitioning from NURBS to T-Splines by Michael

Michael — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 16:03:24 +0000

Thank you for another excellent seminar, Sky. “Respect the rectangle” is memorable and I will use it. It is also helpful to understand the star points as “glue” that would appear where I might, in Rhino3D, use a blend.

One thing I don’t quite follow. Why is it useful to map in advance, with a pencil sketch, the areass where star points are likely to appear?

What willl you do with this map? Do you later use the map as a reference to eliminate star points that are not really necessary — i.e. — located at points remote from the areas that, in NURBS, would have been Blended?

Thank you for your insights.

Michael

Comment on VariEze N388DT – Fuselage Refinishing by Naresh Sharma

Naresh Sharma — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 11:24:31 +0000

Sky, happy anniversary, great job!