VA3D Sample File Carved into Marble

[Tony Mac]

Kamil from MARMUR GRANIT in Poland used the Free Vector Art 3D Machinist
software to test that the Vectric software would be compatible with his 3m
x 2.6m Polish CNC machine.

The sample is machined into Spanish marble called Crema Marfil and is pretty
large at 500mm x 370mm x 20mm deep (20" x 14.5" x 0.75" deep).

The rough machining was done using a 28mm dia (1 1/8") end mill and took 2.5
hours. The finishing was done using a 3mm dia (1/8") ball nose and took 18 hours.

The machining times appear to be quite long but Kamil said "20 hours for such a
large marble piece is very good. Plus I'm still learning how to CNC machine stone
and marble and I'm sure the time can be reduced."

[mikeacg]

Very impressive! Thanks Tony and Kamil for sharing.
Was there any coolant used in the process?

[kisiel]

Hello everyone, my name is Kamil.
I must say thanks to Tony for showing you my little work made with Vectric software.

As Tony said that was my first job like this, before that I was machining the counter tops plus some simple pieces for fire places.
I would like to spread my bussines for some special projects like sculptures and similar stuff. Please if you like, visit my company's page.
www.marmursolniczki.pl - it's in polish language so sorry that most of you won't understand a lot but I encourage you to see my galleries especialy in "Frezowanie CNC" subpage ( link - http://www.marmursolniczki.pl/inne_realizacje.html ) - to see some of my works - well at the moment there are mainly projects made with water jet cutter but soon I shall add some nice stuff from my CNC.

Sorry for so long introduction but I hope I wasn't boring.
As for my 'marble bull' and replying to mikeacg question - Yes I must use coolant ( for stone it is water ) not to damage my tools, for sculpting I must use 10 000 rpm so the tools are on fire .

Thanks