Here’s something I made over the Christmas holidays out of some Ash I had lying around. The family seemed to like it. (I have a very tolerant family.)
I have always been fascinated with mazes and decided to try and make one a little out of the ordinary. As far as I know nothing like this has been done before. (famous last words)
The object of the game is to get the ball ( at the bottom of the maze now) to the center hole.
Hey! There is a little metal spring thing that won’t let the ball get to the center hole. (You can barely see it just above where the ball is. It’s a thin slice of pop can aluminum bent just so the ball is allowed to pass one way only.)
Ok, well this is fun - it has 2 sides with holes passing through from one side to the other. But some of the holes don’t seem to line up. Hmmm.
But wait! The 2 sides rotate around each other. So it’s 6 puzzles in one. I prefer not to tell people that - just let them figure it out for them selves.
The screws that hold the plexiglass on the far piece also hold the lock ring halves
in place.
Note the detents on the near piece and the ball bearings (you can’t see them) and the springs in the lock rings to give positive feedback when the 2 maze halves are lined up.
Note also the brass center pivot that mates the 2 sides together. I tried it first without that but found the lock rings need a lot of clearance to make it move easily and the 2 halve just wont stay lined up without the center pivot.
There is one flaw though (well - one big one anyway). 2 of the 6 puzzles are not solvable.
I am thinking now of what walls I need to cut out and maybe add a wall somewhere to make all 6 sides solvable.
Oh well - it’s all fun and games - especially when playing with the Onefinity. Great machine!
Thought I’d try my hand at the V-inlay end-grain stuff. It’s a bit tricky in Fusion, did quite a few test pieces before I was comfortable with my approach. The trig is pretty straightforward, but how to translate the numbers into what Fusion is doing with tool paths was a bit counterintuitive.
For instance, if you do a Contour operation with a straight bit, if justifies the bit off to one side or the other. Same operation and geometry with a V-bit and it seems to center the bit; I had to offset some new linework based off the depth of cut and taper of bit.
This will be auctioned off at a trade show our company is attending this week.
My wife saw this done on the Vectric forum and thought it would be good for Christmas gifts. I got the vectors on Etsy. Solid walnut strips glued up, then flattened and carved with 3/4 inch Amana bowl bit. Finished with beeswax/mineral oil.
1/8 scale Apache deep vee from the 80’s. It’s 6’ long and I have a 32x32 machine so I had to do it in pieces (and there are tool length limitations). This is a mold plug for the main hull in process. 3D printed outdrive (the real ones will be aluminum) to give an idea of size.
you may want to try this one:
