Pretty impressive.
Did you cut out a mould for a cement cast?. If im correct, what did you cut the mould in?
Hi. The second image is the mold. It may look like it is a positive, but it is a negative.
It is polystyrene insulation.
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I was setting up my Rotary axis and cut this out of HDU, for a test run. HDU cuts really easy, but it’s a lot like someone throwing sand all over your machine. Anyway it wasn’t too hard to get it up and running…
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Looks great. Id live to do 4th axis milling. Did you set up you 4th axis on an elite or an earlier machine.
I set it up on an Elite. Pretty straight forward. I am not familiar with the Buildbotics arena…
Thank you. I think i will wait to see what the cist of the upgrade to Elite is before i consider 4th.
I know it is not as fancy as some of the projects in this thread, but I made a zero clearance insert for my Hitachi/Metabo contractors table saw. I now have the plans in case one get damaged, I can crank out a replacement!
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It looks like you use a single piece of timber with your carves. How do you prevent warping?
they are all glued up pieces, edge glued then surface glued for thickness
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Does this count …. Craftsman Style Coat Rack done in Qtr Sawn White Oak.
A few more details …
- this is the third prototype, seems it takes me three times to learn what my wife wants.
- The coat hooks sit in a pocket, the two holes are pre drilled for the screw by the CNC. I did this because I could never get the hooks to be perfectly vertical.
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I like it. I do similar, use the CNC to ensure alignment. Even down to using the CNC to mark where a hole should go even if I don’t drill it with the CNC because it is too small or too deep for my bit.
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sure thing I make these CNC clamps for my onefinity and on my onefinity the bars have three toolpaths in aluminum and the foam inserts have multiple toolpaths as you can imagine
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if you are interested here is a link to the video on these clamps. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPTUbtQp74U
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Hey Scott, sorry for the delay in responding, I’m not on much anymore. The files aren’t for sale. That being said, I wouldn’t mind sharing, but the CAD files are a bit cryptic to interpret. They are all in 2D because virtually all my work is 2D or 2.5D in nature. The geometry is all there, but there are no depth or thickness references given, or to even measure.
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