CNC Camphor Tele

[VanHaydn]

thats 27 with pockets as well , now add another 30 for the "perfectly" curved surface that does not need sanding after and about a wopping 3 min to cut a perfect 90 degree "following the contour" binding channel "something that cant be done with a standard router as it would dig into the wall stock if the router plate was 90 degree on the face of the axe ,about 2 min to setup machine if ive got saw dust in my eyes
( I will make a vid of this event to see how long it actually takes), so apart from the 2 min setup time its stand about, drink tea, talk shit, scratch my balls (still a cave man thing to do in the man cave), give a blast of air now and then
her ya go

[dingobass]

Noice... So minus the face curve it takes about the same length of time... minus the swearing

[dingobass]

Another question. How long to write the program to accomplish this Masterpiece? I am a total noob when it comes to CNC programming..
It takes me about an hour to mark out, cut and dress my body and cavity templates. Once I have them, as stated before, I can have the body blank fully machined in 35 minutes.
I am also intrigued by the no sanding required claim. Surely no matter how finely the machine cuts you will still need to do a final finish sanding?

[Brendan]

Gee Haydn - putting us all to shame!!! Looking absoulutely awesome. Love the grain!

[VanHaydn]

Actually Dingo the tool path I used here to get the blank out the stock took 15 min complete, no sanding or Finnish sanding on the face required when you cut .3 of a mm with a 6 mm cutter it's finnishes it for you only polishing left, these are all rough cuts, should I choose to use Finnish cuts it will come out polished,takes about and hour to program the drawing for the 1st time one after that it's done and takes 3 clicks of a mouse to load it , my table can do 4 at a time each one flawless or as good as the wood will allow it to be, so defiantly not the same time a machine can do many more without breaking a sweat, that's probably why 100% of commercially available kits are made that way .once I get a hang of this things will change it's only my 3 rd go at a body so time will tell I'm gonna push my cutter and take full 6mm bites at full throttle and let ya know what happens there good or bad I like a challenge so I say to myself bring it on mr cnc let's see what ya got!

[dingobass]

Groovy... I can see the merits of this machine for multiple repeats of the same body shape, size and dimentions... if you had several orders for the same body you would be nuts to deny the merits of of using a CNC machine. My interest in CNC lies in other areas, such as creating hardware etc, but that is another subject altogether.

[Gavin1393]

I am certainly inspired by this!

[VanHaydn]

Im also more interested in the hardware side of things! will be making a system for this axe from stuff laying about my workshop Ive built a 4 axis milling machine from a pillar drill now going to install the 5th as well so things should get interesting,cutting out 2 d shapes is ok bit brainless really like cookie cutter methodology not much challenge there really 1st few are fun but after that its hmm ok NEXT! making 5 axis stuff now that will keep the grey matter sparkling!

[VanHaydn]

well I can tell you without a doubt that after 3 trys at putting a piece of binding on...Im totally shit at that job hey! I did manage to get one piece on but to finnish it off well that takes some good skills that I have yet to develop oh yes ...will pass it on to someone and watch and learn how its done me thinks!

[VanHaydn]

Ok so after an intensive you-tube course im how to bind..I was definatly on the right track , just wrong glue and too much gusto , now I see it being done! Monkey see monkey do! be right back! with some binding done of course hehehe better get some popcorn this is going to be entertaining!