Re: LouieAtienza's "Dovetails on the Flat" Technique, take 1
I've been working on joints that can be CNC'd flat recently and I was trying to understand this joint. I created a Fusion 360 model that I think emulates the joint so I thought I would share. https://a360.co/3g4L27B
Re: LouieAtienza's "Dovetails on the Flat" Technique, take 1
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Originally Posted by
iporty
I've been working on joints that can be CNC'd flat recently and I was trying to understand this joint. I created a Fusion 360 model that I think emulates the joint so I thought I would share.
https://a360.co/3g4L27B
Haven't revisited this thread in a long time. Your design would work, probably better than mine, though that's not exactly how mine works. The issue I had was I only had 2D CAD/CAM and you really couldn't do true 3D in VCarve Pro, hence I designed it as such.
Re: LouieAtienza's "Dovetails on the Flat" Technique, take 1
For a while I've been interested in figuring out how to machine attractive 90 degree joints on the flat so I appreciate the work @louietienza has done and was happy to discover this thread.
I created a design that allows one to CNC finger joints only mounting the stock flat, with no gaps. It uses a combination of straight, roundover and ballnose bits. It only requires machining on one side, and I'm thinking that the finger joints will be of comparable strength even though they don't have the mechanical lock. I'm hoping it will be an efficient way to make a large batch of small drawers for myself. I'm still waiting for my CNC and I'm currently unable to go back to work and use the CNC there, so for now all I have is the Fusion 360 simulation.
It's a parametric design in Fusion 360 so you can adjust the dimensions, board thickness, number of fingers and it will recalculate automatically. Unfortunately the CAM will not necessarily recalculate, but the design should have all the right contours for the CAM operations.
I'm interested in what solutions other's have come up with.
Short explanation video
https://youtu.be/2piJe4UAKWo
Design file
https://a360.co/3g4L27B