Probably quite a bit of deflection on his back when he picks them up, though
What kind of bit did you use for the dished areas? Square end, ball end, or is there such a thing as a mill with a large radius on the end?
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| Author: | Stuart Gort [ Mon Aug 23, 2021 7:08 pm ] |
| Post subject: | It's been years - Solera Boards |
These Solera boards were made for Mike Elwell. His classical builds are quite respected. The idea was to create something very stout and -extremely- accurate. The large Haas cnc was employed. Model in Solidworks. Tool path in Mastercam. The accuracy is .0003" on that machine. You can see (I hope) that when he clamps anything to this there is no defection of any kind. He's pleased. |
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| Author: | DennisK [ Mon Aug 23, 2021 7:28 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: It's been years - Solera Boards |
Probably quite a bit of deflection on his back when he picks them up, though What kind of bit did you use for the dished areas? Square end, ball end, or is there such a thing as a mill with a large radius on the end? |
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| Author: | Stuart Gort [ Mon Aug 23, 2021 7:56 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: It's been years - Solera Boards |
I used a 1" ball with .01" stepover for each pass. One could build off of the freshly cut surface without needing to sand it. |
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| Author: | Chris Pile [ Mon Aug 23, 2021 11:19 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: It's been years - Solera Boards |
Nice to hear from Stuart! |
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| Author: | ThomLuth [ Mon Aug 23, 2021 11:29 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: It's been years - Solera Boards |
Stuart Gort wrote: I used a 1" ball with .01" stepover for each pass. One could build off of the freshly cut surface without needing to sand it. They work boards are beautiful, like high-end kitchen cutting boards. For those without that equipment, but a router, it is not difficult to build a standard router jig that yields a surface that also does not require sanding. Below are pictures of the jig and the routing in-process, you can see how smooth the finish is, equal to the un-routed mdf surface. |
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| Author: | Marcus [ Tue Aug 24, 2021 5:29 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: It's been years - Solera Boards |
I am pleased to see you posting, Stuart. I came into CNC recently and found your posts instrumental (see what i did there? hur hur) in my learning. Cool project, exquisite work! |
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| Author: | Stuart Gort [ Tue Aug 24, 2021 5:53 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: It's been years - Solera Boards |
Marcus wrote: I am pleased to see you posting, Stuart. I came into CNC recently and found your posts instrumental (see what i did there? hur hur) in my learning. Cool project, exquisite work! Lovely to hear that. Thank you |
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