Model Bridge for the President of the country

[danilom]

Well this was my first job!

Its not typical Mechmate task but I was only one to accept to make the model of this dual bridge in two days! Ofcourse MM helped a lot
It was delivered to the President of Republika Srpska as a gift from our country as the bridge is on Sava river between our two countrys. Enjoy the pictures!

Its made of pressed pvc "Forex" very nice material and lightweight.

[Kobus_Joubert]

Impressive. Well done

[Greg J]

Very cool. I like it.

[danilom]

my favourite.

[domino11]

Very Nice. Was this your design, or did you get cad files for this?

[danilom]

My design. I only got pictures of finished bridge, it had to be suprise so they did not ask for files from architects

[lumberjack_jeff]

Very well done.

[Leko]

That must have been a very loooong night!!!

Looks great!

[fabrun]

beautiful
very impressive work

[KenC]

Brilliant!

[Kobus_Joubert]

How did you keep all those small pieces on the table while cutting ?

[KenC]

Originally Posted by Kobus_Joubert

How did you keep all those small pieces on the table while cutting ?

That make 2 of us curious to learn.

[sailfl]

Danilo,

Very cool. Congratulations on an excellent job.

Please share with us some of the details of how you did the job.

Thanks

[javeria]

way too cool

[danilom]

Its 3mm forex sheet I used double sided tape, but it was too thin and it required me to hold it down with my hand sometime (watch your fingers ) becouse no matter what it would pull it up its just to flexible. I tryed climbmill inside and conventional outside, becouse of material vibration (inside lines are 1-1.5mm and would brake on first test) so it doesnt tear thin lines. Edge was fine but required some work becouse forex has a thin layer on both sides (used for printing) and it swarfs (I think this is the right word)
Small pieces were made using 4 bridges 2mm wide and 1mm just enough to hold it down so it would not fly on to router bit after being cut out.

Router bit used was 2mm endmill

[PEU]

Very Nice!

You are taking away jobs from the laser guys!! Great!

Had to google that republic name, I knew Bosnia Herzegovina, but Republika Srpska was new to me.

Regarding the job, what I do sometimes with thin sheets is prepare an extra gcode program for drilling 1 mm holes in areas I will not cut and then hammer small nails all over the place, this adds some unevenness to the material (it compresses a little more around the nail) but I solve it by making the cuts a little deeper, the spoil board suffers but the job gets done!

[fanefane]

Very impressive! Good job pal!

[oddname]

Would it be too much to ask for dxfs and such?

This would make a nice gift for a nephew of mine

[danilom]

Send me your email to PM. will be glad to share