Here are my last couple of projects. Crappy pics sorry. First one is a sign/house warming gift a customer asked me to make. The second is a end grain cutting board. This customer cooks his sons high school football team pregame meals every week. When I mean like whole hog meals! He asked for a cutting board with one side to ‘show’ and the for ‘go’(cut on) He wanted both wood and epoxy inlays.
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My wife wanted to make a string art piece to go out in the living room with a retro vibe.
I foolishly thought it would good idea to max out the Forman’s diagonal length on the first project.
I put together a model and after much fighting with the programing, zeroing troubles and unplanned wood it turned out pretty cool.
It is 395 nm UV light would only cause damage with close proximity and pronged exposure.
Its Ash with a black gel stain which I will not be using again.
She made the shapes from neon polymer clay with strings and fishing line holding them up.
It was a follow up to my programable circle light which was made the old fashion way.
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I recently finished a talharpa, which translates roughly to “horse hair harp.” It’s a Scandinavian bowed lyre and was a lot of fun (and a challenge) to make. Now I just need to figure out how to play it! I’m also getting into the spirit of filming my builds and have a quick video of this on my IG, studiotoiyabe. Not sure if linking socials is allowed here, but feel free to stop by and check this out + some other 1F projects.
Here are some stills:
Tuning pegs modeled in blender and cut as a double-sided job.
Some cut parts.
Wiring a pickup and endpin jack, though it’s plenty loud acoustically.
Finished front view.
Finished back view.
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Never heard of one, but beautiful none the less.
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I have been busy with retirement stuff, man cave stuff, and some charity work. Here is what I have been up to.
A nesting chair I made from scraps left over from my shed build.
A Flag I donated to our professional organization to raise funds for our scholarship fund. Auctioned off for $2000.
A Boot Jack.
A retirement plaque.
A retirement flag.
Man cave stuff donated to our scholarship fund auction.
Another retirement gift.
A shattered right wrist with a titanium plate and 7 titanium screws right after the cast came off.
That’s all for now.
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Nice projects. I hope you heal quickly.
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Working a couple other big projects going on in the background, but needed a short distraction this weekend. Thought I’d clone this project I’d seen elsewhere.
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Did you design the stand? I have been looking at some different table designs and really like this.
If you look into the table area of the forum you’ll find all sorts of similar designs. Most based on an original concept from Fisher (see www.fishersshoponline.com). Most seem to purchase his plans and then modify to suit
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Thank you! Much appreciated.
Do you mean the entire carve was done with just one bit… the 1/6" TBN? If so, how long was the carve?
Finished result looks great… maybe even no sanding?
Yet another corner jig project 
Wanted something more rigid for those cutting boards rubber feet holes positioning.
Have some 1" phenolic leftovers, I’m using for various projects, jigs, table tops. Figured it may be a good stable corner jig
Will add 3 more holes to that.
I used McMaster part# 6338K561 Flanged Sleeve Bearing (for 1/8" drill bit).
Here’s the Vcarve file if someone needs it.
corner jig1.1.crv (324.5 KB)
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I would say that is ENOUGH
LC
That sounds like such a thoughtful and creative gift!
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My new mailbox post.
I don’t usually post what I get up to, but I thought this was different enough to be interesting.
The Triceratops was a large herbivorous dinosaur that lived around 68-66 million years ago during the Late Cretaceous period. It grew up to 30 feet (9 meters) long and could weigh as much as 12 tons. Its skull, the largest of any known animal, living or extinct (surpassed only by its close relative the Pentaceratops), could reach up to 8 feet (2.5 meters) in length. The skull featured three prominent facial horns and a large bony frill. Triceratops are one of the most commonly catalogued fossils, and are primarily known from findings in the Hell Creek Formation in western North America.
I used a scan from the National History Museum in Vienna. Triceratops horridus (NHMW-Geo 2000z0185/0001) - 3D model by Natural History Museum Vienna (@NHMWien) [9fca525] - Sketchfab
(The original is a messy 3d scan and not available for download, but I have a cleaned up copy if anyone wants it 
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The original model was cleaned up in Blender and I then sliced it up according to how I thought I could get the best detail. This is one of those times where a person dreams of a 6-axis machine. I used a 3/8in and 1/4in endmill, and a 1/8in tapered ballnose. The project was carved from pink foam board insulation(first time), using roughly four 4x8 sheets in total: two 2-inch sheets, one 1-inch sheet, and one 1.5-inch sheet. I used different thicknesses so i could mix and match, allowing me to glue up layers in half inch increments for carving (1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, and 4). I might have got away without the second 2inch board with better planning.
It took 22 double-sided carves and a little over 100 hours. The carvings turned out fairly clean but still required some cleanup. I used Super77 spray adhesive to glue the layers together before fiberglassing the entire piece. After that, I base-coated it with a rattle can, then painted it with standard acrylics, and finished it with 2K flat top coat. In total it was somewhere between 150 and 200 hours including the carving time. I am fairly happy with it. The mailbox is not level with the ground which bugs the hell out of me(its probably fixable with some work, but I’m calling it done) Also I painted it outdoors in the sunlight, but it sits under a tree. There is a lot of subtlety in the paint that is lost in the shadow of the tree. It looks in the pictures like a solid color, but it most definitely is not. Those are my only real complaints. Lesson learned if I do something like this again.
I’m not really sure what the rules are regarding pictures, so I created an imgur album with some additional photos. I really should have taken more of the process. Triceratops mailbox post - Album on Imgur
I am happy to answer any questions or share any files, or take additional photos if there is a specific part of it you want to see.
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Now that is cool and VERY creative!
Pony
Wow! Humbled! I can’t wait to show my kids.
Thinking outside the box, with no offense to those of us thinking inside it. You have heavily expanded the scope of thought for the use of 1F/CNC machines! Certainly your neighbors are envious of creativity as am I.
I could envision a market for your work to museums or theme parks.
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