copy a sailboat picture and cut it from 1/4 plate steel

pony · Post by **pony** » Thu Feb 16, 2012 3:07 pm

The piece picked up every minor wobble you made whilst tracing it.

After tracing it, I would have used the "Simplify Path" tool in Adobe Illustrator, or equivalent tool in the software you have at hand. It would have smoothed out the lines and made it cleaner looking.

grogmeister · Post by **grogmeister** » Thu Feb 16, 2012 5:24 pm

we'll try that

Post by **Larry83301** » Fri Feb 17, 2012 7:59 pm

You may want to put a lead-in on your cuts to get away from the blow out where it pierces for the start of the cuts.

Larry

grogmeister · Post by **grogmeister** » Fri Feb 17, 2012 10:16 pm

okay thanks for info ,this is a great site

metzindustries · Post by **metzindustries** » Tue Feb 21, 2012 11:21 am

Here is a polyarc dxf file with leadins set for 1/4 inch steel cut with plasma. default torchmate settings.

I redrew it in torchmate CAD. took a couple minutes

Sailboat toolpath.dxf

grogmeister · Post by **grogmeister** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 11:10 am

okay thanks a lot ,all help is appreciated

copy a sailboat picture and cut it from 1/4 plate steel

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