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« on: April 12, 2010, 11:00:05 PM »
It's been a while since I posted anything that I am working on, (actually, it's been a while since I HAVE worked on anything!) so I figured I'd share this, even if it is kinda "not extremely fascinating".
First, I started off with the need of making a door frame for my bathroom. I conquered that easily enough. I wasn't happy with the seam showing between the top and sides, so I needed some sort of decorative piece to hide it. I'm sure they have a technical name, but I don't know what the heck they're called. Being as it's part of the bathroom, I wanted something depicting a water theme. Poseidon's trident seemed fitting enough. Anyhow, with a bit of time searching for a good reference picture, and some time modeling in solidworks, I came up with a design. Now armed with some G-code, and getting more impatient by the minute, I trudged out to the shop to cut some wood. By this time, the *fun* part was starting to take it's toll. I just wanted to see some results before the end of the day. Next, I slap a piece of wood in the vice and turn the feed rate up to warp 7.2. Just as I figured, that weak Z axis motor lost a few steps along the way. Interestingly enough, it made some neat looking designs, and I decided to build upon those screw-ups for the next piece, for the next day. A sea-shell in the middle, and some decorative pockets, done the trick nicely. As luck would have it, I ended up spending more time trying to clear the hostile air space (my garage) from a bogey (Japanese hornet), than I spent actually working on my project. These damn predators must LOVE florescent lighting, because they seem to invade whenever I try to work. Those bugs are no joke! You know how most bees sound like a small propeller *bzzzzz*, these sound more like a freakin' fully loaded B-52 jet engine. I think I even seen some heat trails from the tail end of it. With my trusty can of Raid wasp killer, I won this fight, even if I did have to perform a 'tactical retreat' a few times. The pic does not do it justice, as it's curled up into a fetal position, making it look smaller.