[ger21]

Maybe 90 minutes or so for the finish pass, 10 for the roughing??
Vectric's Aspire, it's one of the included samples.

[FandZ]

Very nice on the kitchen. I've seen it before and drooled over the veneers.

[tobyaxis]

Very nice on the kitchen. I've seen it before and drooled over the veneers.

If you like his Kitchen, you should see the Finished Basement

[basskitcase]

Just some more testing. Modeled in AutoCAD, and code created with MeshCAM. Rotated the model and save 4 copies, one for each side. Loaded each side into MeshCAM and creates code for all 4 sides. Actually got them to line up perfectly. Was a bit too aggressive, and got some tearout. I may try again today with some mahogany, and lighter roughing passes.

Gerry,

I would love to have that CAD file. Would you consider letting me "borrow" it? I am newly married and as such have very little furniture, and i would love to scale that to use as legs for a table.

[ger21]

Gerry,

I would love to have that CAD file. Would you consider letting me "borrow" it?

Here you go.

[basskitcase]

Thanks a million!

[ger21]

You got lucky, as I had a hard drive failure not long after posting it.

[rowbare]

You got lucky, as I had a hard drive failure not long after posting it.

Sorry to hear that, I hope that you had backups of the good stuff...

[ger21]

Actually got about 99% off of it after it started clicking and making other noises.

[louieatienza]

Gerry just finished reading through your build. Awesome work!

I too have a love of exotic and figured hardwoods. I've amassed a small collection of unique boards over the years, and soon will have time to put them to use on my router!

[stk2008]

Small bits sure add a lot of detail. For the first time since my machine's been running, it actually lost some steps while running this. But while most people have there machine cut deeper, my was cutting shallower. Or, more accurately, it just stopped cutting. Cut the Z axis accel in half, resurfaced the board, and started over. As you can see, it came out pretty good. Especially for a $6 router bit.

Hi Ger21 I have just stumbled across this thread and wanted to say what a very nice machine you have.

I all so want to say cheers for all the times you have helped me with some of my questions regarding my machine.

Did you find out why your machine lost steps?.

Cheers oh btw nice kitchen loving the choice of color/wood for the doors.

[ger21]

Thanks guys.

Did you find out why your machine lost steps?.

Just had the accel to fast. After lowering it, it's been 100% reliable ever since.

[stk2008]

Great glad you found the problem and it was a very easy fix.

Good luck with all your other projects and keep us posted

[ger21]

Decided to try one of these Litho's out. Hard to take a pic of it, but it came out pretty good.

[Jason Marsha]

Looks great Gerry.

Jason

[harryn]

Nice, lots of fine detail in that eagle.

[bandtank]

Awesome machine and results. I'm really impressed.

I have three questions for you. I thought I'd ask them here instead of via PM in case someone else wants to know, too. Also, I apologize if you already gave this information in the thread. I read the whole thing and may have missed the answers.


1) What is the part called that you put on your dust shoe to mate with the vacuum hose?

1) What kind of bit did you use to make the engraving of the wolf? I saw you mentioned ball nose but I don't know anything about them so I was hoping you could give me a few more details.

3) What did you use to cut crown molding?

Thanks for any help you can give me. I hope my machine turns out half as good as yours.

[ger21]

Thanks.
1) Buy 4" Universal Fitting at Woodcraft.com

2) Not this exact one, but just like it. I just got one of these in the mail, but haven't tried it yet.
1/16 2 FLUTE BALLNOSE ENDMILL CARBIDE END MILL 1 TOOL - eBay (item 320617595069 end time Feb-12-11 12:11:49 PST)

3) [ame=http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000P4O4UI/?tag=cu0e-20]Amazon.com: CMT 814.064.11 Round Nose Router Bit 1/4-Inch Shank, 1/4-Inch Cutting Diameter, 1/2-Inch Cutting Length: Home Improvement[/ame]

[bandtank]

Thanks for your fast reply. I just bought all three items.

[bandtank]

Gerry,

Why not use something like this to do molding? I realize a jig would have to be made to move the wood along the table and bit smoothly, but wouldn't it save a lot of time?