I hate I did not get to see the finished project.
This is amazing, Great Job!
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Now that is pretty. Seriously.
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An oddly productive week at DMS for me. From Astrud’s Block Printing - Relief Printing class where we carved a relief image into an eraser and block printed with the eraser.
My twitter feed is currently exploding with Cassini probe related posts. It was all I could think to carve on such short notice.
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Another big thumbs up for Astrud’s Block Printing class. I was skeptical that I could carve anything recognizable (if you are super worried about this like me, bring an image/reference with you and 50% of the nervous twitchiness is abated!) but Astrud is an amazing and supportive instructor. I had a blast in this class and would recommend it to anyone. Don’t get too worried about your artistic ability; there are so many options!
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very nice,well done!
I’m close to being able to produce the monitor stand design I initially turned out in June:
Layout changed a bit from the original optimized version that caused vCarve such angst and I didn’t care to get my goofy “signature” to work, but I think this is both sufficient to get fully qualified and produce something useful at the same time.
As I am finding to be the case with all things CNC, the workflow between design file and production file is more time-consuming than it seems like it should be. I resisted the temptation to force-feed vCarve a version of the drawing that’s essentially cutting vectors and used the design file, which adds flexibility should I, say, opt to change it to a 3/8" bit vs the 1/2" bit it’s designed around now.
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Nathan Sanders completed his 2nd project on the HAAS mill. it is a model of a bible in aluminum as shown here. While this is only the front view, the sides/top/bottom have simulated pages showing as you’d expect to see. All in all, it had 6 different setups to make this work. Great job.
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White oak, Bois d’arc, ebony and found wood with a cut quartz crystal are the components that make up this very space-y turned container. I have visions of Marvin Martian running around holding this piece.
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So jealous…Stuck working on bids for our grain then may need to take yours as a refresher
It’s not focused and it’s flat on one side so I’m clearly having issues with movement but you guys IT’S ALIVE! I’ve been using skills from DMS to attempt repairs on a laser cutter, got a crashed 3D printer sevicable and assembled our X carve. (No time for test cuts yet on that one) Considering I started the summer impressed when I could blink an LED I’m feeling proud. (Although expert advice is definitely appreciated)
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So, Last Thursday evening myself & @BobKarnaugh worked on the smaller 4 Jaw. We had to take off a few thou off the back of the chuck. It had some really big high spots. We put in in the vise on the Bridgeport & used a face mill the machine it flat. Due to that we then also had the take some off the backing plate as well. We then measured using the pin gauges, we did find that the one of the factory holes was about .005 out from being square. We took dimensions & run out readings from the backing plate to be sure how & where to measure from. The center was out of round but the OD was good. We set the backing plate up in the Bridgeport & then after finding our centers, started drilling. The final size drill (size Q) ended up being duller then hell, a quick sharpening on the bench grinder got it into cutting condition. We did had some bit wander even though we were doing pecking drilling. So after drilling we then tapped the holes in the backplate for 3/8-16. When installing the back plate, that is when we noticed the holes wandered a bit. We then had to make the clearance holes a little larger. All this said & done we put it on the machine & checked the runout. We only had .0035", this could have been to the paint on the chuck. It doesn’t matter too terribly much, since you center your work in the 4 jaw anyway.
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Today, I picked up 5/8 key stock today to fit to my coupling hub. Initially I came by & just used the cold saw to cut about 2.5’ off. They key stock is just a hair over .625. My key slot on the shaft is right at .625 & so was the hub. When I went to my job to do the fine fit, I found that the motor hub side keyway needed a radius on the corners. So back to the space. I put the 4 jaw chuck on & centered appropriately the keystock. I then took about .050" off the corners. I then faced the ends to make it look better. Then over to one of the surface plates to do the final honing & fitment.
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Fantastic work!
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Finally finished a bowl I have been working on. I am not much for posting stuff I’ve made, but two things make this one interesting:
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What might be at first perceived as a live edge is actually from the inside, not the bark, of the tree. That’s because this was a Cedar Elm tree in my neighborhood that was brought down by a lightning strike late last year (or early this year? I forget…). So that is char from the lightning blast. I think I’ll call the piece “Wonder Boy”.
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With help from the lovely and talented @nick I was finally able finalize my maker’s mark (which also happens to be one of my favorite bourbons!). I was able to produce exactly what I wanted quickly on the Zing, but it’s bed does not have enough depth so I had to shift over to Thunder and RDWorks and that was a bit of a problem for me, but now, at long last…I can do it! So THANKS NICK!
Many thanks to @mkart for artistic help in understanding that I actually want to keep all that crappy black stuff rather than cut it away, and for the usual help with my gouge technique, etc. Same thing for Jimmie “I have no Talk handle” Arledge.
And thanks to Tom “I have no Talk handle, either” Cook for the racy action pics. As it “turns” out, he a can make anyone look sexy. Well…almost anyone.
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I designed a simple scoop for making my morning coffee. Smooth and faceted versions are available on Thingiverse ( I like the faceted look), along with the OpenSCAD program which renders them.
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I finished up a couple of embossing plates on the HAAS 'cause I couldn’t find my 1/4" to 1/8" adapter for my router at home. I swear someday I’ll find the drawer I left them in.
Anyway, the first is for an oval belt buckle insert, the 2nd is a wallet back plate with celtic knotwork and a place for initials. cheers!
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Finished a bunch of resin cast mini nuke mugs to take to wasteland weekend with us for trading and selling.
When I get back I want to try to slip cast them and use some cool glazes on the insides so they are more food safe.
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Milled my own proof of concept name sign with inspiration from this. I still have to paint it and face off the high parts. Thanks @nicksilva for supervising and approving me for unsupervised Haas use.
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Well, my glasses broke in half this morning, and as it is currently a 70 mile round trip to “town” and I don’t have my prescription with me, I used a creative workaround and 3D printed a temporary set of frames to use in the interim.
Thingiverse and my Monoprice MP Delta Mini to the rescue. Only downside of using the Mini is that I had to slice both the face frame and the legs in half so they’d fit on the bed. They look pretty crappy but at least now I can see that they look crappy, and I didn’t have to even leave the house.
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