User manual

28 VE810 Engraver Manual

(Figure 3.2) The VE-810 spindle with rotary cutter

Spindle Pulley

Spindle Housing

Pointer

Micrometer

Retainer Ring

Nose Cone

The first thing that you need to do when rotary engraving is to zero the cutter. To do this,

you must first turn the micrometer so that the pointer points to 0. Insert the cutter into the

spindle and screw the cutter knob completely in. Note that the cutter will screw in counter-

clockwise looking down from the top of the spindle. Take a scrap piece of material and

place it flat on the bottom of the nose cone. There will be a small setscrew in the cutter

knob. Loosen the setscrew and push the cutter down until it touches the flat piece of

material that you have at the bottom of the nose cone. Tighten the cutter knob set screw.

The cutter is now zeroed.

Now we must adjust the depth of cut. The depth you will need to set depends on the type

of material you are cutting. You can generally find out how deep to cut engraving plastic

from the manufacturer or distributor. As a general rule, you can start out shallow and

increase the depth while you are engraving. Since the cutter is zeroed, we will not get

any depth right now, so let’s set the depth. Turn the micrometer to the right 7 clicks. This

will engrave at a depth of .007 of an inch. If you need more depth, turn the micrometer to

the right. If you need less depth, turn the micrometer to the left. Each click is .001 of an

inch.