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Offline Tweakie.CNC

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Routed Teak Tiger.
« on: January 12, 2010, 12:05:04 PM »
Found the .stl for this tiger on the Zone and decided to cut it in teak. It is approx 70mm x 70mm x 30mm and cut with a 2.5mm ballnose in 3 passes - took approx 3 hours total, including the emergency saw to the stock to clear the chuck on the final pass.  ;)

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Re: Routed Teak Tiger.
« Reply #1 on: January 12, 2010, 06:29:38 PM »
Looks good Tweakie.  :)

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Re: Routed Teak Tiger.
« Reply #2 on: January 12, 2010, 07:04:23 PM »
That's pretty neat Tweakie. You can really tell a difference after you put some finish on it, hugh. Makes it pop right out.
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Re: Routed Teak Tiger.
« Reply #3 on: January 12, 2010, 11:32:22 PM »
Looks like your having more fun again and it has an amazing resemblance to someones wife i know.  ???
 ;D RICH 
Re: Routed Teak Tiger.
« Reply #4 on: January 13, 2010, 12:00:18 AM »
Very nice TWEAKIE , AND NO , don't look like my wife Rich. Just ask Brett. the tigers better looking.   ;D
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Re: Routed Teak Tiger.
« Reply #5 on: January 13, 2010, 03:44:12 AM »
 ;D ;D ;D

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Re: Routed Teak Tiger.
« Reply #6 on: January 13, 2010, 04:44:38 AM »
Incidentally, the toolpath for this tiger was created from an .stl file using 'DeskProto'.
The company is offering a 30 day trial version for download from their site here:- http://www.deskproto.com/
For those who have not seen it - the program is pretty basic (which makes it easy to learn) but incorporates most of the features found in the big boys programs including 4th axis capability.
Not sure if I will purchase it yet though - think I may run a few more 3D files before the 30 days are up.

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Re: Routed Teak Tiger.
« Reply #7 on: January 13, 2010, 11:04:43 AM »
Who's this "Chris Botha" they reference to in the instructional videos???  ;)
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Re: Routed Teak Tiger.
« Reply #8 on: January 13, 2010, 12:31:47 PM »
Cool, Tweakie.

As for that new software, until they make 5 and six axis, I'm sticking with cnc toolkit.  Or if MasterCam ever dropped their price to something reasonable, I'd get that.

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Re: Routed Teak Tiger.
« Reply #9 on: January 13, 2010, 01:03:43 PM »
You might want to look at MeshCAM. Does indexed 4 axis, and it's a LOT less money than DeskProto.
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