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General CNC Chat => Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) => Topic started by: magicniner on November 08, 2013, 04:58:28 AM

Title: Frame
Post by: magicniner on November 08, 2013, 04:58:28 AM

I used to make this 102mm x 102mm x 270mm frame at the bench with a drill, drill bits, hole saws, an air saw, grinder and files. The results were functional but a lot of tidying up was required to make it look halfway pretty  ;D
It struck me last week that although my CNC mill didn't have the envelope for all of it, with the right fixturing I could do half a face at a time, this is how the prototype came out -   

(http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q158/magicniner/CarriageFrame_zps555864c9.jpg) (http://s135.photobucket.com/user/magicniner/media/CarriageFrame_zps555864c9.jpg.html)

I wish I'd started learning with CNC years ago!

Title: Re: Frame
Post by: Picengraver on November 08, 2013, 06:16:45 AM

Congratulations.  Well done.
John Champlain

Title: Re: Frame
Post by: magicniner on November 08, 2013, 06:19:53 AM

Thanks John,
The machine envelope being 164mm x 94mm x194mm made for interesting fixturing and work flow!