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3D butterfly on solid wood coaster
Attachment 4715
Here is a butterfly that I made for a coaster. It is about 3" in Dia. It has not been sanded. It was ran on a Mechmate machine. |
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Nice work Leo.
Time to try some 3D myself I think... Jayson. |
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Leo,
Very nice. Now, try recessing the butterfly so that it is below the surface of the inner surface. I like the way you rounded the outer ring. If you change the stepover, you might be able to eleminate the lines that your 1/8 ball nose left on the inside of the wings. I had that problem when I did some grapes in corian. Your machine is square. It is great when you don't have to sand. Lets see more pictures. |
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Havn't done it myself, but apparently it helps a lot to get the tooling marks going in the grain direction - helps with the sanding.
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...a little workshop note I have had success with in the past.
Before you make your final cutting pass, assuming you have a roughing tool and final finish tool, I do the following: -rough the part with the 1st tool -spray with a very "light" mist/layer of water to raise the grain of the wood. -wait about 20 minutes -parallel finish cut with at least 60% step over Depending on your humidity, raising the grain helps the fibers to be cut stand up. Thus, when you cut the final pass, the wood will sometimes "shrink" a little bit and give a little tighter grain that needs "less" sanding. Good luck. Sean * this worked well with Conifers (like redwood, cedar, soft pine) Maple and Ash not so much ![]() |
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Lion
Attachment 4724 This one was cut from pine using a .042" end mill
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