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General => Photographs => Topic started by: Rocketman on June 04, 2014, 07:53:44 AM
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My newest addition to the shop is a nice little machine:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/LtJerryRigg/CNC/IMG_20131223_200555_934.jpg)
It's a 24"x24" CNC router. Capable of some really cool stuff. Right now I am getting the hang of things, sticking with 2D artwork for now. I should be moving up to 2.5D and 3d work pretty soon.
This opens up a lot of doors for making all sorts of things, as well as allowing me to easily make high quality patterns to cast parts from.
Note: This isn't what most people think of when they hear "CNC" - the term simply means Computer Numberic Control, and this applies to a massive number of pieces of modern (and at this point, some vintage) machinery.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/LtJerryRigg/CNC/IMG_20131228_190026_276.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/LtJerryRigg/CNC/IMG_20131228_195807_441.jpg)
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(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/LtJerryRigg/CNC/IMG_20140108_151535_752.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/LtJerryRigg/CNC/IMG_20140108_154003_422.jpg)
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Got some vee-carving bits. With the right software they can be used to make some very unique signs. Here's a popular "beginner" project
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/LtJerryRigg/CNC/CIMG1748.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/LtJerryRigg/CNC/2014-02-25_21-07-34_550.jpg)
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Did this one yesterday. 10" tall
(http://i.imgur.com/L19gJlx.jpg?1)
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Finally getting a hang of 3D carving. This is the type of stuff I got the machine for
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/LtJerryRigg/CNC/2014-03-13_21-58-09_477.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/LtJerryRigg/CNC/2014-03-14_23-16-22_797.jpg)
These are parts for a pattern that will make a ITB/base manifold to fit a BP head
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Working on a group buy on ClubProtege for GTR & GTX turbo adapters
Here's the body of the pattern & the corebox
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/LtJerryRigg/CNC/2014-03-19_00-00-39_239.jpg)
Finished pattern & corebox
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/LtJerryRigg/Castings/2014-03-21_22-36-00_731.jpg)
Castings made from the pattern(s)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/LtJerryRigg/Castings/2014-03-25_00-31-17_661.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/LtJerryRigg/Castings/2014-03-25_00-27-40_858.jpg)
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Here's finished GTR / VJ20 turbo adapters for the group buy on Club Protege, the patterns & coreboxes are a few pages back.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/LtJerryRigg/Castings/IMG_20140410_121212_438.jpg)
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Some more projects:
12x15" v-carved wedding sign. Stained oak plywood
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/LtJerryRigg/CNC/IMG_20140516_114933_761.jpg)
For mother's day :D
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/LtJerryRigg/CNC/IMG_20140511_173045_507.jpg)
Cut some patterns to make an e-cigarette/personal vaporizer:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/LtJerryRigg/CNC/IMG_20140514_240052_071.jpg)
Machined them into a finished piece. Works really well!
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/LtJerryRigg/CNC/IMG_20140515_190759_173.jpg)
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V-carved another sign, this one is the logo for a local vape/e-cig shop. They loved it, it's hanging in their lounge already
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/LtJerryRigg/CNC/IMG_20140529_110323_382.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/LtJerryRigg/CNC/IMG_20140529_174305_362.jpg)
I made these stands for my sister, she's got into the hobby of making custom cards & such, and needed a nice way to display them.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/LtJerryRigg/CNC/IMG_20140531_225235_598.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/LtJerryRigg/CNC/IMG_20140531_225258_459.jpg)
And this is a turbo adapter for a Subaru VF10 turbo, the body is the same as my GTR adapters but with the VF10 specific flange. The pattern was all made on the CNC, assembled, molded & cast by hand.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/LtJerryRigg/Castings/IMG_20140602_011020_358.jpg)
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Nice work. The 3D stuff is what I did in the thermoform business except that I went straight to aluminum with a Haas milling machine. You have a good eye for design and seem to be learning the mechanical end well. I wish you the best of luck with your business.
Jack
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Jack,
I have been making stuff for many years now (even as a kid I was!) this is just a fancy new tool for it :)
Here's a deluxe vaporizer/"e-cig" stand
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/LtJerryRigg/CNC/IMG_20140609_160127_996.jpg)
And a deluxe vaporizer
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/LtJerryRigg/CNC/IMG_20140610_180646_740.jpg)
Father's Day commission for a friend ( I can make more of these with any text - pm me!)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/LtJerryRigg/CNC/IMG_20140614_124319_402.jpg)
Testing some new engraving bits:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/LtJerryRigg/CNC/IMG_20140616_014136_472.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/LtJerryRigg/CNC/IMG_20140616_015647_367.jpg)
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Really cool stuff. You've got some real talent there.
Jack