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General Mach Discussion / Re: polished aluminum

« on: December 26, 2010, 03:23:27 PM »

Not sure if my machine is really up to the task. I am going to practice on a flat piece of aluminum and see how that comes out. next pay day I will order a couple of the bits mentioned here in the thread and give it a go when they arrive....

THANKS

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General Mach Discussion / Re: polished aluminum

« on: December 26, 2010, 03:16:57 PM »

My brother has a drag race car. He wants me to engrave his valve cover but wants a really nice polish to the aluminum.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: polished aluminum

« on: December 25, 2010, 08:10:37 PM »

Thanks for the replies...

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General Mach Discussion / Re: polished aluminum

« on: December 25, 2010, 01:55:21 PM »

What tool would at least give a not rough but smooth surface on the aluminum? Would a round nose bit be better than a 4 flute end mill?

THANKS!!!!

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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Re: Custom Made Telecaster Body

« on: December 25, 2010, 01:30:50 PM »

Yes and no....

It was free so I used it to see if I can do this. On another forum I have found people have made guitars out of all sorts of materials including OSB. Now I am looking for other different woods to make another out of but with only 1 pickup at the bridge.

When I have it assembled, I will post a sample of it's sound. Can't wait to hear it myself...

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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Re: Custom Made Telecaster Body

« on: December 25, 2010, 01:24:26 PM »

Update.......

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General Mach Discussion / polished aluminum

« on: December 25, 2010, 01:22:30 PM »

I have seen some posts where people cut aluminum on their machines and it's clean and polished. What bit do you cut with to give it that polished look and no scratched from the cutter?

Thanks

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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Custom Made Telecaster Body

« on: December 24, 2010, 05:33:09 PM »

Hi -
I have owned VCarve for a while but not always used as much until recently. I moved a few times and just built a new machine. I am making my own custom Telecaster.  Plans PDF & DXF can be downloaded from:
http://www.tdpri.com/forum/tele-home-depot/74504-d-size-tele-body-blueprint-files-here.html

Attached are some pics of where I am with my progress. I am not finished yet. The neck is from my SAGA TC-10.
Let me know what you think of the pics. thanks!

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General Mach Discussion / Re: pass 1 of however many....

« on: December 22, 2010, 09:20:46 PM »

Thanks!!!

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General Mach Discussion / Re: pass 1 of however many....

« on: December 22, 2010, 09:16:06 PM »

when VCarve does the code - I do not see how many passes it programs. it just spits out the code and it works.

So knowing where z axis is a good thing but that doesn't tell me what pass of how many it is on.

Thanks!!! Merry Christmas!!