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General CNC Chat => Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) => Topic started by: zarzul on December 31, 2008, 11:27:43 AM
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I did this with Mach3, the file was generated by Vcarve from a grayscale bitmap.
it is 18 x 24" took 3.5 hours to cut from pink foam.
2 light coats of plaster and then airbrush painted.
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WOW Arnie !
Great mill work and fantastic photography work too.
Thanks,
RC
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Impressive! ;D
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That is very cool, Arnie, very nice job - :o
Dave
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Way to go Arnie. Your just full of good stuff.
Brett
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What was the deepest cut? It looks like several inches. Great job!.
Vince
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That's very interesting, Arnie. What are you going to do with it?
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Vince,
The depth of cut is 1.8" , that was about as deep as I could get with my rotozip bit.
Sam,
I haven't thought about what to do with it, I would like to find a market for this kind of stuff.
Put a nice simple frame around it.
I thought of doing one like it of the local lake and show it at the marina to see if they would be interested in selling smaller models.
There might be some interest in this from groups like the Resource District, Visitor Centers, Fish & Game ???
If anyone has any ideas on a market for this, I would love to make a buck or two to help support my bad habit of building & playing with cnc machines.
Arnie
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I was thinking it was for a model train or similar. I bet those model guys would go CRAZY over something like that, especially if they got to pick out a custom terrain of there choosing. I'm sure the scale would have to be much larger, but it's an idea anyhow.
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Great idea Sam.
Here's a possibility, municipalities like city planners, Parks and Planning Commission's as well as Architectural firms go to great length to present their ideas.
Landscape designers too. If you could take the topographical info and scale it to fit.......then walla.
Heck, talk to Tiger...you might even get a golf course to do.
Good luck Arnie,
RC
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Having done a lot of public works contruction, I would go down to your city or county planning office and find out what architectural firms they do business with. In addition to the government, these firms usually pay big bucks for models. Another source to check is school districts, airports, water districts, BLM (bureau of land management), National Forest Service, State parks, etc.
Vince
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Hunting resorts and/or clubs, land owners, highway construction groups, mineing operations, airports, vacation resorts, ................. everybody needs one of those. :)
Brett
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Photorealistic Miniatures Wargaming? ;D
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I never ceases to amaze me on the wealth of information and ideas that are out there on this forum.
You guys are great!
Thanks for all the feedback and good ideas.
There are some truly good ones here I will have to look into.
Arnie
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Don't forget.....my 20% "idea" fee straight off the top. If you use anybody else idea, I still get my 20%, plus they may charge you an additional fee. I know this may sound outrageous, but you have to understand that ideas don't just grow on trees, plus you get the easy part of material handling, machining, the joys of marketing, paperwork, etc.... The more I think about it, the more I realize I'm getting the shaft at 20% and your getting the gold mine.
"why.....it's gettin' so a man cain't make a dishonest livin' no more"
Yosemite Sam
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;D
Brett
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That is just brilliant - what more could I say.
Tweakie.