a diy frog. construction is stainless steel a brass rivets (pun intended).
designing the parts was made a lot easier because there's a lot of information on frog anatomy on the net.
owen
a diy frog. construction is stainless steel a brass rivets (pun intended).
designing the parts was made a lot easier because there's a lot of information on frog anatomy on the net.
owen
Hey, that's great! How big is it? What type of material and what thickness?
How long did it take to cut?
Inquiring minds want to know!
Thanks!
-Jeff
that's so fun!!!
that's cool
That is cool...what are the odds of you posting up the DXF so I can make a frog of my very own?
A lot of work went into that so I won't cry too long if you say no.
sorry took me a while to respond I was on vacation -- the size of the thing is about 4 inches long, three inches tall in the crouching position. the material is .032 inches thick stainless steel.
The dxf is attached. as you can see, its has no assembly information, I'll leave that to the lucky assembler. All the round holes on the drawing get cut out, and the thing is assembled by rivets. The rivets are formed by placing a brass brad through the hole, snipping with plyers, and the peening over with a punch and hammer.
enjoy,
owen
Hey thanks a lot, thats really nice of you to post that up. :cheers:
Dave
Dave,
Did Owens frog File open fully in OneCNC for you ?
I got a single line in MCam.
Matt
San Diego, Ca
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Yeah, that was what i got as well, maybe Owen sent the one for a stick frog
heh. WHADDYWANTFORNUTHIN!?
actually, I screwed up the file save when I did it in rhino.
cnczone didnt let me upload the file because its 1meg so I compressed it.
owen
Thanks Owen, much better, that will teach you to be nice
Ken
Hey Owen, you gotta laser cutter we can borrow
Think I will scale it up a bit so a bit larger cutter will be usable.
you gonna make it out of metal or...?Originally Posted by Ken_Shea
Yeah, I am thinking aluminum, don't have any stainless, now that I think about it there is some brass sheet in there, brass, that would look really good, yep, brass it is, I now have a plan
note: there are bends in the some of the parts. might be an issue depending on how thick material you use.
o.
It's thin Owen, .025 should not be a problem at all. Just went to your site, will go back and check it out further, you are quite the talent Owen
Ken
LOL thats what I was thinking, he is going to post it up one bone at a time as a joke
Dave, what is your opinion or suggestion for holding the brass sheet down, it is 6" X 24 ' .025 thick ?
I was thinking a very light spray of contact cement on a Plexiglas substrate.
Owen ?
Thanks
Ken
wow, you guys get to _mill_ things. all I get to do is cut them with a boring old laser.Originally Posted by Ken_Shea
read: I dont have any experience with machining brass.
owen
all I get to do is cut them with a boring old laser
Yes, we all deeply sympathize with you Owen