Walnut branch Owl putzing
Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2018 7:32 pm
My step-mom I recently found out collects Owl things.
I said I'd make her one for Christmas.
Decided to try something different with this Owl in a Tree model I like. Have many Black Walnut branches from a tree my aunt had cut down 2 years ago, and I had cut some into pieces.
Having not done this before, I decided to take a piece from my kitchen counter that I had cut/sanded with bevels/oiled and left on the counter as incentive to think about the branches, and make one for ME
My piece was within .25" in all respects except for the bevels on mine...so just resided and shifted model.
Jigging was a slight PITA, as I had beveled the bottom so it could flat, or rocked back to the second bevel to account for where it was put. Also I had hand sanded enough so no surfaces were perfectly flat, or at right angles. Did a 3D Raster with Drillman1's .125" Longer downcut(cuts nice). And then at 4:40pm yesterday I got stupid, and went for the Finish toolpath without correcting my Time Estimate Scale for 3D
The only bit I had that could take the model's X2 increased depth and detail was the 3"long/ .25"shank /.25mmRadius Chinese TBN I bought one of when I ordered another set of the Tiny .125" shank ones I've posted about.
Needless to say at 12:30 this morning I was VERY carefully watching that bit, as it came closer, and Closer to my wood clamp!!!
I figured that one a shade too close! And should definitely not start a 3D cut if it's dark out! With lighting and the way it was set up, I couldn't really see that gray area on the chest from wheelchair height, and maybe by reclamping, and dropping my Z down I could have eliminated that
if I hadn't been rushing to get started soonest so I could finish some Topo prelim file jobs on this computer, as 2 people are coming today.
I'll keep it, and it will remind me not to rush!
Here it is on the machine with only a rough brush. .....................................
I said I'd make her one for Christmas.
Decided to try something different with this Owl in a Tree model I like. Have many Black Walnut branches from a tree my aunt had cut down 2 years ago, and I had cut some into pieces.
Having not done this before, I decided to take a piece from my kitchen counter that I had cut/sanded with bevels/oiled and left on the counter as incentive to think about the branches, and make one for ME
My piece was within .25" in all respects except for the bevels on mine...so just resided and shifted model.
Jigging was a slight PITA, as I had beveled the bottom so it could flat, or rocked back to the second bevel to account for where it was put. Also I had hand sanded enough so no surfaces were perfectly flat, or at right angles. Did a 3D Raster with Drillman1's .125" Longer downcut(cuts nice). And then at 4:40pm yesterday I got stupid, and went for the Finish toolpath without correcting my Time Estimate Scale for 3D
The only bit I had that could take the model's X2 increased depth and detail was the 3"long/ .25"shank /.25mmRadius Chinese TBN I bought one of when I ordered another set of the Tiny .125" shank ones I've posted about.
Needless to say at 12:30 this morning I was VERY carefully watching that bit, as it came closer, and Closer to my wood clamp!!!
I figured that one a shade too close! And should definitely not start a 3D cut if it's dark out! With lighting and the way it was set up, I couldn't really see that gray area on the chest from wheelchair height, and maybe by reclamping, and dropping my Z down I could have eliminated that
if I hadn't been rushing to get started soonest so I could finish some Topo prelim file jobs on this computer, as 2 people are coming today.
I'll keep it, and it will remind me not to rush!
Here it is on the machine with only a rough brush. .....................................