Here is how I imagined it would work: choosing a âscrapâ side of a cut , or the inside/center/outside cut choice would be for everything, and that said choice would be manual (radio button in GUI)
The kerf width value would be automatically entered for proofgrade materials (known quantity) with an optional override (for those wanting to use âkerfwidthâ to fudge an offset function or any other possible reason) and manually entered for other materials (requires testing a sample and measuring the kerf-width).
If not manually entered it might default to cutting center line on open shapes, outside the line on closed shapes, and inside the line on closed shapes within closed shapes.
I guess some people may have thought that the GF would be able to do something like make a test cut, photograph the cut with the macro lens, determine kerfwidth, and populate a temporary kerfwidth Value.
I dinnae think thas whas gon happân.
Could be wrong.
Iâve been wrong before.
These last few months I have often found myself laser cutting two pieces to join them (to make boxes for example), and to do that I often use slots on both pieces like in the example above, or slots on one side and wholes on the other.
Kerf is obviously a big factor here so Iâve taken advantage of the parametric capabilites of Fusion 360 and created a file that allows me to generate the exact lines I need to cut, depending on the kerf and the material width.
Iâve tested it this weekend with MDF and the fit was pretty good, although I have yet to try it with materials that have a higher kerf value like plywood
Hereâs the detail of the values it gave me for the 3mm thick MDF I was using :
I read somewhere that as we get older, we tend to âcalcifyâ in our ways.
An apt description of how I act now, I have become a creature of habit.
When our world is new and exciting, we can hardly wait to come of age. We are not only ready for change, we jump on it and ride it like a bicycle. My world is old and comfortable now, I have settled in my ways.
Last time I was tasked with learning a new program, it was Autocad Inventor. My first exposure to powerful parametric design. I was blown away by the ability of the software - and also the effort required to become proficient (a generous description of my ability) which is to a degree I think a reflection of my calcification.
I taught my dog âsit prettyâ when he was 9. It helped that a friendâs dogs already knew it, so he was mostly just copying them. He still knows it. He is going on 14.
Yep. And pretty much any animal will learn anything within reason if you motivate them the right way.
In her book How to Make Animals Happy, Temple Grandin wrote about how she got super-skittish zoo animals like Thompsonâs gazelles to walk into a box for blood draws, so I decided to try her method (a clicker plus the animalâs favorite treat) on our couch-scratching cat. He was 7 or so, and within a few weeks, a combination of freeze-dried chicken and the clicker had him scratching his scratching post on demand. Once he learned how to learn, he started picking up new tricks incredibly fast (he got âhigh five,â âlow fiveâ and âshake handsâ all in about five minutes). He knows 20 tricks now.
My wife taught our cats long ago to scratch (a post) on command and of course they come running whenever anyone says the word âtreatâ (and more annoyingly, âchickenâ ).
One of them developed diabetes a couple of years ago and Iâm the designated injection tech. After months of hiding, chasing, and cussing, I finally taught her to respond to âtable UPâ by jumping onto a padded table/bench and waiting patiently for her greenies and injection.
Btw, did you see TG speak at last yearâs Mini Maker Faire in Longmont? I missed it, but heard she was great.
Perfect use of training! Glad to hear that your diabeticat really responds so well to it. I know Toby the Rescue Cat is going to be stubborn as heck when he gets old and sick. In the meantime, the faintest whiff of a rotisserie chicken has him all over me as well.
I didnât see TG in Longmontâif Iâd known she would be there I totally would have gone. Sheâs really a hero of mine.
We had a Poodle many moons ago, he was very fond of walking into a room and leaving the door open, we taught him how to close the door, on command heâd never do it voluntarilyâŚ
My papillion falls over when we shoot him with a finger gunâŚlol. He can also bark 1-3 times on command. Of course if you say bark 4 times he just looks at you funny.
Although best trick was my cocker-schnauzer who I would tell to get his tailâŚas heâs in full round and round chasing it I would say get the other one and he would stop dead in his tracks and go the other wayâŚlol
My one cat answers back if you talk to him although the other two just look at you and probably thinkâŚIâm a catâŚscrew youâŚ