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General CNC Chat => Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) => Topic started by: steel_nick on January 24, 2016, 10:22:58 AM
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Hey Guys,
I have finally got machine working as I wanted (before I had some problems, which Tweakie was so kind to help me with them)
So, since then I have cut lots of wings (this was the initial idea of the machine), but I had bigger ideas - like cutting letters and different shapes. After some research I decided to buy a product - DevFoam Pro - very good program with nice and intuitive interface and for a good price too. So here are some pics of what I have done for the first time. My garage neighbours loved the capabilities of the program and wanted some signs for their door like " Alchololics here!" and "BAR Cheers", I will post the finished and glued product may be tomorrow :)
http://imgur.com/LZLMe5z (http://imgur.com/LZLMe5z)
http://imgur.com/YMRENoe (http://imgur.com/YMRENoe)
http://imgur.com/B2LWdjy (http://imgur.com/B2LWdjy)
http://imgur.com/uCMt2rI (http://imgur.com/uCMt2rI)
https://youtu.be/_xfYntfSukY (https://youtu.be/_xfYntfSukY)
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Excellent work, I am pleased to see that your machine is working OK and that you are cutting things related to BEER :)
Tweakie.
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Oh YES!
Most of my friends are working for beer companies (they are pouring air into bottles) :D
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OK,
the good news is that I can cut polycarbonate sheeting, ropes and foam for mattresses. :)
Really satisfied by the results, some pics are coming :) I was pretty busy working on my first and second planes done by the cnc :) Hope that will be able to post some good maden flights ... soon :)
The first is a delta wing (a bit modified from the original) and the second is a copy or borjet maja uav http://borjet.com/index.php/prod-engl-men/blog-2-columns (http://borjet.com/index.php/prod-engl-men/blog-2-columns) which in my opinion is one of the best - like the Volvo - stiff but durable :)
See Ya soon! :)
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Cool.
The part of the video of the Maja making it's fully automated landing was extremely impressive - I could use the electronics for that ;)
Tweakie.
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Ok,
here is a pic, of the polycarbonate sheeting, rope before and after the cut (small pieces) - perfectly burned and a not that good cut foam letter (I should make a rail or something to move the material when it is being cut, because there is some kind of calamine that stays on the wire and stops the heat).
http://imgur.com/C2R0kDf
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Guys,
I tried to cut an egg with my cnc - the result:
- couple of lessons learned
- 1 hour wasted
- thinking about making a nice motorized platform (my controller is 5 axis)
And by the way, does someone know a soft that I will be able to use, or it will be better to insert lines in the g-code file (as I am doing sometimes)?
http://imgur.com/Rd2Puv2
http://imgur.com/VP7cVDN
http://imgur.com/uCZltPD
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Hey Guys,
I am baaack :)
Last week I was working on a house project and after a couple of bad cuts I finished and was really reager to show You the result.
http://imgur.com/a/Klodd
Nick
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Excellent work Nick. ;)
Tweakie.
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Great stuff, have been considering putting together a foam machine like this, just a bit limited on space with my cnc router filling most of my space. What software do you use to create the shapes and set up the cuts in mach?
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Hello Arbo,
I am using DevFoam Pro - good cad based soft and not too expensive as well.
Good luck with this and dont forget to share some pics :)
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Hey guys,
its been a while, since my last post. I am enjoing my cnc, mostly doing airplanes, will post some pics of my newest jobs, but now will show something I am really proud of - A Victorian style window (almost full size)
http://imgur.com/a/uzzhH
http://imgur.com/TWybbnY
http://imgur.com/jJqsUh3
Cheerz!
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Wow Nick, that is brilliant.
Did it take long to design / cut ?
Tweakie.
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Design was much more difficult than actual cutting, ofcourse there were couple of times that I am not satisfied how an element looks and had to change it somehow. Anyway it took me about 2 weeks designing, cutting, gluing and 2-3 days more of finalizing work. I put 0.5mm crystal PET folio behind the windows, so they wooked really authentic at the end.
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So guys,
as I promised, here some projects I was working lately:
1. FoamGlider - I always wanted to construct a glider that everybody will be able to assemble. After some not that good tries I came up to this one, with more than 2 meters wingspan and pretty good glide - it is very good to go somewhere out and play with a friend or two. The center of gravity is fully adjusted, so it is easy to put a GoPro cam or something else and throw it to a friend :) Centrer wing could be different airfoil or the angle of incidence could be different.
http://imgur.com/ZRy6NKv
http://imgur.com/L57LQmR
http://imgur.com/SZGKjAh
http://imgur.com/KWJdAuw
http://imgur.com/oGNHwQG
http://imgur.com/3l9g9qs
http://imgur.com/DkjFSM3
http://imgur.com/iCdXu5p
http://imgur.com/2CfApck
2. EPS house - a project that I managed to turn into a nice looking house, using the right paint it will look as a real wood
http://imgur.com/LjwA5YN
3. EPS roof tiles - I am planning to put some of these (after a good coating) outside for the winter and see how durable they are.
http://imgur.com/hLf20x2
4. XPS airfoil parts - another project towards ultralight glider construction.
http://imgur.com/NlV64Tb
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Excellent work Nick, I just love that cabin.
Tweakie.
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Thanks Tweakie,
I made it on the base of this one:
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1078585
At first every panel was a simple 2D cut (just like the wooden one, but bigger), after a while I saw something looking like this and decided to try to make it better looking :)
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I almost forgot to show something I have done almost a year ago - fascinated by the castle of Burton https://www.google.bg/imgres?imgurl=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FD5uKE5n.jpg&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reddit.com%2Fr%2Fcastles%2Fcomments%2F1hst2i%2Fburton_basque_country%2F&docid=65Ae1VUEtCUVZM&tbnid=in7vjRvjrN7TzM%3A&vet=10ahUKEwjRz6G42I_VAhVSZFAKHS8WAnMQMwgnKAQwBA..i&w=1650&h=945&bih=662&biw=1366&q=castle%20burton&ved=0ahUKEwjRz6G42I_VAhVSZFAKHS8WAnMQMwgnKAQwBA&iact=mrc&uact=8 (https://www.google.bg/imgres?imgurl=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FD5uKE5n.jpg&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reddit.com%2Fr%2Fcastles%2Fcomments%2F1hst2i%2Fburton_basque_country%2F&docid=65Ae1VUEtCUVZM&tbnid=in7vjRvjrN7TzM%3A&vet=10ahUKEwjRz6G42I_VAhVSZFAKHS8WAnMQMwgnKAQwBA..i&w=1650&h=945&bih=662&biw=1366&q=castle%20burton&ved=0ahUKEwjRz6G42I_VAhVSZFAKHS8WAnMQMwgnKAQwBA&iact=mrc&uact=8) and influenced by the work I did with the Victorian window.
Having in mind that this peace is just 15cm in diameter It was really hard to line it up 3 times correctly to do the 3 cuts in different positions.
Hope You like it! :)
http://imgur.com/a/CE6S1
http://imgur.com/cEbtJlN
http://imgur.com/8OSISlP