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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: The Laser Project.
« on: September 02, 2011, 08:16:16 AM »
I found an old Nickel (and a Dime) just for the photographs and most of the regular forum members. 
The wood veneer is 0.6mm thickness (no idea what type of wood it is though), there is no pre-preparation or after sanding, no glue is used as I have scaled the parts so the slot width is approx equal to the material thickness and final adjustment is made by cutting on the inside or outside of the lines, as appropriate, using tool radius compensation.
(usually I would use a higher level of air assist, which blows the smoke through the kerf and prevents surface discolouration but in this instance low level air just to prevent lens contamination was all that I could do so there was some discolouration).
As for assembly, I used tweezers and an illuminated magnifying glass viewer.
(and patience).
I have found a problem with making these 3D puzzles - everybody who sees one wants one and I have so many requests now for horses, a bear, the Eiffel tower etc etc.
Tweakie.
The wood veneer is 0.6mm thickness (no idea what type of wood it is though), there is no pre-preparation or after sanding, no glue is used as I have scaled the parts so the slot width is approx equal to the material thickness and final adjustment is made by cutting on the inside or outside of the lines, as appropriate, using tool radius compensation.
(usually I would use a higher level of air assist, which blows the smoke through the kerf and prevents surface discolouration but in this instance low level air just to prevent lens contamination was all that I could do so there was some discolouration).
As for assembly, I used tweezers and an illuminated magnifying glass viewer.
(and patience).I have found a problem with making these 3D puzzles - everybody who sees one wants one and I have so many requests now for horses, a bear, the Eiffel tower etc etc.
Tweakie.
