All,
I wanted to run something by a group of knowlegable folks on a part that we are trying to make here.
We have a chain link to make, out of 4340 steel, and we plan to do it by using the GibbsCAM Solid surfacing package and a long program that steps a ball nose cutter over the profile.
The chain link is about 3" dia steel, and measures about 23 in by 13 in out to out.
I have some experience with surfacing on weird curves, but only with alu and plastics. Wondering how it works with steel.