Chop Chop, Whiz, Whiz...
- BradyWatson
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Chop Chop, Whiz, Whiz...
Oh what a relief it is!!!
I got permission from one of my customers that I do laser scanning for, to cut out one of his carvings in large scale. The original was about 12X20" & I scaled it up to 48X80". I cut it out of a single slab of 2" Trupan Ultralight MDF. It took me 3hrs to do the rough out passes and about 17hrs to do the finishing pass. I roughed out with a 1/2" end mill & finished with a 3/8" ball. It only took a few minutes to do the profile pass with a 1/2" end mill. It came out great!
You can see the scale compared to the shop overhead door & my screw gun. I took a screenshot of the Cut3D simulation in Mahogany.
-Brady
I got permission from one of my customers that I do laser scanning for, to cut out one of his carvings in large scale. The original was about 12X20" & I scaled it up to 48X80". I cut it out of a single slab of 2" Trupan Ultralight MDF. It took me 3hrs to do the rough out passes and about 17hrs to do the finishing pass. I roughed out with a 1/2" end mill & finished with a 3/8" ball. It only took a few minutes to do the profile pass with a 1/2" end mill. It came out great!
You can see the scale compared to the shop overhead door & my screw gun. I took a screenshot of the Cut3D simulation in Mahogany.
-Brady
High Definition 3D Laser Scanning www.IBILD.com
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Hey guys, thanks for the compliments. I used C3D on this to see how well it would work on something this size. Yes I could have chosen to use other software in my arsenal, but with anything else in this world, you have to try new things. C3D by no means replaces my professional software, but it does automate a couple different strategies that are difficult or impossible to do in any other CAM package.
I typically run stepovers in the 5-12% range. In this case, 10% or .03". It was a lot of fun to see something that I lasered blown up to an obscene scale
-Brady
I typically run stepovers in the 5-12% range. In this case, 10% or .03". It was a lot of fun to see something that I lasered blown up to an obscene scale
-Brady
High Definition 3D Laser Scanning www.IBILD.com
- dasch
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Fantastic man!
What a beautiful panel.
I'd love do the paint on something like that - it has great relief!
What a beautiful panel.
I'd love do the paint on something like that - it has great relief!
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- Paco
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Seriously guys, I'd bet that's a keychain drill...
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