cnc swivel drag knife

alpineboard · Post by **alpineboard** » Wed Feb 20, 2013 7:53 am

Can I post a pic from my laptop?

twizzstyle · Post by **twizzstyle** » Wed Feb 20, 2013 12:29 pm

You need to host the picture file on the internet first. Something like Photobucket or Picasa will work.

There are a few threads about drag knives on here.

sammer · Post by **sammer** » Wed Feb 20, 2013 1:43 pm

twizzstyle wrote:You need to host the picture file on the internet first. Something like Photobucket or Picasa will work.

There are a few threads about drag knives on here.

That and you have to have a few posts under your belt before you can post links, pics, etc.
Also... pretty weak 1st post.

sam

alpineboard · Post by **alpineboard** » Wed Feb 20, 2013 4:08 pm

Hi, I was on the fly earlier, This is Robert from NH. I have been building proto type alpine boards and a skwal board for the past few years. I have been on the membership list but never got my accepted email with the password. I got it yesterday, and wanted to post a few pictures of the CNC and controller that I put together, and post a link of a gopro vid that I attached to the skwal. I have a few questions and may be able to answer a few. I may also offer cnc templating and perhaps cassette as well. I also yesterday got a Donek d1 drag knife working that I can add to that post.

FigmentOriginal · Post by **FigmentOriginal** » Thu Feb 21, 2013 6:26 am

Welcome to the forum Robert. This is *Ace* from over at BomberOnline. I have always been following your builds that you post on Bomber. I'd love to talk with you sometime about your skwal building experiences. Thats awesome to hear about your CNC endeavors. Did you make it yourself? 80/20 extrusions or something else?

Cheers!

knightsofnii · Post by **knightsofnii** » Thu Feb 21, 2013 11:31 am

radd, how is that drag knife working for you? interested in that as well.
about to drop the hammer on a cnc

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what do you have the drag knife attached to, how does it rotate?

alpineboard · Post by **alpineboard** » Thu Feb 21, 2013 5:56 pm

I am having trouble posting anything, Rob

This one went ok, but the 2 I tried before it were well written messages and they would not go up. I got a no url warning but I did not have a url on it.
This is what happened to me for the past few years??

alpineboard · Post by **alpineboard** » Fri Feb 22, 2013 4:37 am

Hi, the swivel drag knife mounts in any router with a 1/2" collet. The blade cut tip trails the rotating axis by 0.060" so the cut tip follows the path of cut thus enabling it to steer by following. It uses standard utility or safety (rounded) blades which are affordable instead of a $15 to $30 replacement blade. ean has also wrote 2 corner action programs for it. go to donektools.com .
Yes CNC was a big project, with many topics and choices to learn as you go, I am glad I did it. I do have other plans for other cnc machines, with a design that I can use my same controller(save money)
Skwal is fun.Rob At some point I will post some pictures.

alpineboard · Post by **alpineboard** » Fri Feb 22, 2013 8:47 am

Hi, I am doing a cad draw, top view first, then offset the sidewall thickness to the correct amount to the interior, same thing for the tip and tail, I will rip the sidewall w/bandsaw, but the tip/tail I will copy/paste/draw the arc into a new drawing for a separate cam process, to be cnc'd. Then with this top view create a 3d using the correct profile. Do the cam on this and give it a try with a practice pine core. bottom first for the inserts, then flip it and do the top profile. Sound good?? Rob, I want to post enough so I can put up some pics, ordinarily I do not say much, unless I got something good, Rob

alpineboard · Post by **alpineboard** » Sat Feb 23, 2013 5:39 am

http://s1355.beta.photobucket.com/user/ ... Thank you

alpineboard · Post by **alpineboard** » Sat Feb 23, 2013 5:43 am

I am trying to become an established member here, but now my post is not uploading, ...?

sammer · Post by **sammer** » Sat Feb 23, 2013 8:19 am

Make sure you're logged into www.skibuil....
it will let you log in without the www but acts funky.

Just a thought.

sam

alpineboard · Post by **alpineboard** » Sat Feb 23, 2013 10:27 am

I will try again,
http://s1355.beta.photobucket.com/user/ ... .jpg.html

alpineboard · Post by **alpineboard** » Sat Feb 23, 2013 10:30 am

[quote="alpineboard"]I will try again
http://s1355.beta.photobucket.com/user ... 2.jpg.html

twizzstyle · Post by **twizzstyle** » Sat Feb 23, 2013 11:33 am

In Photobucket, look on the right side. Click on the one that says "IMG Code" and paste that in here.

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