After rebuilding the drawing (sorry I didn’t like the mis-shapen parts - too many years of doing precision drawings), and adding a wavy edge, mine turned out good and lined up. The trick is precise centering for flipping.
I also made a 4 part ring so I could get the 4 pieces out of a piece of 1x6 instead of wasting a big board.
Thanks!
Pony
I had the same problem. I just made a single cookie with 0-0 in the center for both sides and it worked fine, I’ve made 3 of them and all perfect. Thanks!
On this solemn occasion, here’s an Easter treat for all of you. A Squareo or square Oreo.
All cutting files included, the front and back of the bottom and top are on one drawing, so watch which toolpaths you use. Also, my depth of cuts are fairly aggressive, you may want to change to what you use.
There are 2 holes at the top of the board for bolting to my waste board for flipping, you can eliminate if you don’t use them.
The toolpath labeled ‘Center mark’ puts a dot in the center of the drawing (also for flipping), and 4 dots on the outer edge of the bottom to mark for locating rubber feet. It also puts a 2nd dot off center to indicate down for a label which goes in the 1" recess.
The center is in 4 pieces so I don’t waste wood, this also puts the grain the long direction on all 4 pieces. You may have to lightly sand the grooves to fit, it depends upon the accuracy of your machine.
I show 4 holes for magnets, but I only use 2. You could also eliminate them entirely. I use 1/4" x 1/4" magnets. One TINY drop of superglue holds them in as they are a snug fit.
Enjoy,
Pony
Squareo lid & btm.crv (4.1 MB)
Squareo ring.crv (243 KB)
Squareo ring setup file.crv (546 KB)
I expect this is any easy question but I’ll ask anyway. How did you create the inner ring with male and female dog bone style fillets in the circular model?
Thanks Gerry
I posted this on FB, but I’ll post it here as well. Besides the inlay, my modifications were to curve the outside of the “creamy filling” and cut a grove on the inside of the lids for a more secure fit.
See if the attached pic helps you figure it out. Don’t get confused because something is at an angle.
If you turn the picture 45 degrees so that the lock is vertical, you’ll see how I drew the male lock using circles (I added the red lines to make everything stand out) and Beziers.
Once one lock is made, you turn it 45 degrees, then it’s a simple job of circular copying to create the other 3. Then you use the same drawing to create the female part.
If you don’t want a tight fit, use the offset tool to increase the size of the female part by a tiny bit.
I hope this helps,
Pony
Hi Tony,
I was close, so this makes a lot of sense. Thanks so much for the timely reply.
Gerry
