No, this was in a little town of Winamac, Indiana. Shortly after the fire, we moved to SW Michigan. But yeah, I had a lawn to mow there, too. What you’re seeing in the background is a golf cart we used to ride around town in. This pic is after I rebuilt it from the fire.
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Bill, the tabletop looks like something from “Bailey’s”. You being from Winamac you would know Bailey’s. I work in Knox and live west of Plymouth. Arizona does sound better than the midwest!
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Here is a video I did of the tool drawer organization. Nothing fancy, just shows how it all came together.
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I’ll be curious of the thought process to organise and design the toolpaths
The nice thing about putting all the tools in software I was able to move them around to make sure things fit in a logical manner. Now if I get new tools or want to reorganize something for ease of use everything is there. Reorganize, recalculate the tool paths, and new inserts can be cut.
I see this being very useful for future growth.
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I did this quick/dirty holder for my bits - mainly to get them numbered (matches Vetric/Fusion tool library) so I could remember which bit went next!
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When I purchased my OF, I never anticipated I would find any applications for it in my metal working. I have since discovered that it is great for creating welding and machining fixtures. For one metal sculpture I needed to drill a series of 1/8" holes in 3" steel spheres. Without the CNC, I’m not sure how I would have created a fixture to hold and align the spheres for drilling.
In another instance, I CNC’d a welding fixture to fabricate fixture table clamps.
And in one other off the wall application, the CNC was perfect for creating a concrete form out of 2" pink foam for a garden seat.
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Bravo, it ain’t all about wood!
It also proves I’m not thinking farther out side the box yet myself!
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I’ve been thinking about making a parametric wall piece for far too long so I thought it is really time to just bite the bullet and get it finished. I modeled it after something I’d seen on the web during my lost ‘Covid years’. Drawn up using Fusion 360 then sliced the file with Slicer for Fusion. (I know, it is an unsupported program but it worked fine for this) I opted to use Vcarve Pro for the G code though…a lot fewer niggles vs Fusion for manufacturing.
It turned out much heavier than I anticipated which made mounting it on the wall above the door wall and windows a trial but it was put in place with no incidents to report.
Total size is 56" x 27" x 3" cut from 3/4 Baltic birch.
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Very cool! I’m planning to use Slicer for Fusion to make a 3D profile model on Vancouver Island to mount on a tall wall.
I’m trying to figure out the best way to mount it. Can you please elaborate on how you mounted your parametric piece?
Even as long as this piece is I found the center balance point across it then manually routed a pocket on the back for an aluminum cleat I purchased at HD. The pocket was cut just deep enough that it gave near zero clearance from the wall when the piece was hung.
My only concern hanging it abnormally high (over 9’ at the top edge) was how unsteady I’ve become on ladders with age.
That is a great job. What is the green painted wood or is it plastic laminate?
I made this insert to fit the enormous cupholder console in my vehicle. It hides an AAWireless device and the wires for a remote volume/bass knob. My goal was to make something similar to the interior trim of the vehicle. It’s not exact, but I’m happy with it.
Constructed from hard maple with bronze epoxy pinstripe inlay. Finished with Rubio Monocoat White. Knob panel insert made from 1/4" black acrylic.
Original vehicle trim:
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Nicely done. I bought my 1FJ to make custom car parts. Love to see others doing the same.
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Just made a cutting board for my son’s birthday. I repurposed a design I had for my laser for a Millennium Falcon clock to use on the OF.
The clock was made out of 1/4" cherry which is the max cut from a 45W CO2 laser. Since I wanted to make a real cutting board that meant some wood glueups of 8/4 stock and a long cut bit.
The base slab ended up being 1.75" thick. I cut it using a Bits and Bits long qtr inch upcut mill and a standard 1/4" down cut. I ran two passes (of the 14 total) using the down cut bit to keep from tearing out the surface. Then I stopped the job, replaced it with the upcut bit and cut the rest.
Although I did some work cleaning up the original laser file to smooth out the outline vector, it was still a bit more than the OF liked - without real curve support, the OF uses a ton of very short line segments. That’s hard on the bit even with a short (0.1") DOC. Lesson learned is to do more smoothing of intricate laser designs when importing them into VCarve.
After cutting & sanding I went back to the laser and engraved the Falcon’s line art onto the cutout cutting board as I don’t have the JTech laser add-on for the OF. Thinking about possibly getting it now though.
I went with a laser engraver instead of a v-bit carve because I wanted the line contrast that the laser’s burn would produce.
A mineral oil soak and 4 coats of a mineral oil & beeswax butter and it was ready to send off to the boy (after a couple of photos for the project scrapbook).
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Looks good Jim! The snacks look good as well. lol
Cheers,
Neil
A little cheesy focaccia bread 
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I love this thread, thanks to the OP for starting it. I don’t make signs with my CNC hardly ever, I think I’ve made 3 total? Anyhow, I made a three legged stool a couple days ago. 1F for the outline shaping as well as the joints. There’s a little bit of handwork with a chisel required to finish the joints, but that’s pretty fun when the 1F already did the majority of the work.
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beautiful and creative work. Can I ask where the spheres came from, potentially bearing, or check valve?
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That’s gorgeous. I love the flow of the lines and the wood you used. I’d definitely find a place in the house for one of those.