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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Re: Cylinder Heads

« on: July 07, 2010, 03:28:59 AM »

wow! cool project!

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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Re: Gertrude Gets Some!

« on: July 07, 2010, 03:23:52 AM »

believe it or not im actually having alignment issues with my mill.. not that you can tell from this 3sided job

this one done,

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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Re: Gertrude Gets Some!

« on: July 03, 2010, 08:11:18 PM »

i have been fielding lot of emails about "methods" or "strategies" when it comes to milling. I always answer similar to this.. If you had to make it by hand how would you go about it. most people would have about 10 different ways to do it. milling is the same. look at what you are making. how hard it will be to clean up. what material you are casting in etc. and develop a strategy based on your needs. no magic bullet strategy's im afraid

I almost had this one grown but decided wall incline vs damn grower lines was worth the post casting cleanup

I was going to assemble in wax but decided i prefer to polish inside then seat solder in platinum after casting.

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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Re: Gertrude Gets Some!

« on: June 30, 2010, 03:56:31 PM »

lol no its to be cast in two colors, white gold top, yellow gold bottom

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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Re: I'm in Hog Heaven

« on: June 23, 2010, 06:14:38 PM »

real nice

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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Re: Gertrude Gets Some!

« on: June 23, 2010, 06:14:08 PM »

believe it or not im actually having alignment issues with my mill.. not that you can tell from this 3sided job

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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Re: Butterfly Puzzle In Aluminum

« on: June 20, 2010, 05:53:25 PM »

SuperNice !

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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Re: Gertrude Gets Some!

« on: June 13, 2010, 03:28:10 AM »

he exercise here was completely hypothetical, to see if i could produce a piece of jewellery on a mill with no actual geometry, only 2d curves..

it was a resounding success, and not only that it was FAST.. i sim'd it at 400m/min but cut at 800-1000 average velocity, 22min total cutting time

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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Re: Gertrude Gets Some!

« on: June 12, 2010, 11:15:03 PM »

I am cutting this for someone else, its hardly an earth shattering design and i could have just done it as autoflip and rotary.. but.. I figured, what would be the most difficult way for me to do this..

Figure out the curves.. and cut the entire job as a 2d profiling and pocketing operation..

2 things i learned..

1: 2d work is trickier than it looks
2: In 2d this job will take 47mins.. in autoflip+rotary i was looking at 7 hours...

have a few other job on mill so just sims for now

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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Re: Gertrude Gets Some!

« on: June 09, 2010, 05:30:40 PM »

whats worse than making one hinged ring....

making two hinged rings.. its that time of the year again