It's Alive

[ErikJenkins]

Made a small box this morning, not sure what I will do with it I still need to sand and finish.

Cut in 3/4" maple using a 0.25" endmill at 75 IPM with a 0.125" DOC.

[AlanDavis]

If you can find same size book to fit in, that would be very elegant gift to some one.

[ErikJenkins]

That is a great idea, Thanks!

[JamesPizzuto]

Congrats!!!

[ErikJenkins]

Bad picture, but here is a small shallow carving…each one is 4 inches across this is straight off of the machine. Carved from 1/4" cherry. I’ll try to get a better picture later…I was melting out in the shop all day today…too hot

[ErikJenkins]

Scrabble anyone?

[ErikJenkins]

[ErikJenkins]

I only needed 7, but since the wood was there, I went ahead and made 2 extras…an E and a T…coasters, one for me and one for my wife

Now…sand, seal, paint, sand, seal and hang

[DarrylKegg]

I have to assume its going to be :

H
LOVE
M
E

Or something similar?

Love to see the finished product…

[ErikJenkins]

Yep…home/love. I’ll post a picture when it is finished.

[ErikJenkins]

Sanded and first clear coat drying now.

[DarrylKegg]

Nice! Did you cut keyhole slots in the back?

I know there was a post some time ago about keyhole cutting, I have several new items I’m cutting that need the keyhole and was wondering if there was a canned method yet…

[ErikJenkins]

No keyhole slots on these, I’ll figure out how to hang them later today

I have seen a few posts on making a keyhole slot, haven’t really tried it yet. I should make a quick g-code file so when I need it, it will be ready.

[ErikJenkins]

Looks like there is one in the forums:

Keyhole Slot G Code

Don’t know if this will be helpful, but I searched all over for a way to cut t-hole slots for hanging pictures and frames. It needs to plunge to a quarter of an inch, and then nibble forward, back up, nibble forward, back up, etc. This is if you don’t want the hassle of first cutting a quarter inch pocket, then following up with the keyhole bit. This code is for 1/8" depth of cut slot cutters. The bottom of the cut is only .25" deep so this is safe for .5" material. This code slows the plun…

[ErikJenkins]

This is how they will hang on the wall:

I recommended this…she said no

[RobertA_Rieke]

If it helps, here’s the G-code I plug in to Easel. It’s a version of that from the project forum page, just slightly modified. Position the bit 1 inch above where you want the entry hole on the material and go (after you do an air test, of course):

G20
G90
G0Z1.0000
G0X0.0000Y0.0000
G0X0.0000Y0.0000Z0.2000
G1Z-0.3300F5.0
G1Y0.1000F10.0
Y0.0000
Y0.2000
Y0.0000
Y0.3000
Y0.0000
Y0.4000
Y0.0000
Y0.5000
Y0.0000
Y0.6000
Y0.0000
G0Z0.2000
G0Z1.0000
G0X0.0000Y0.0000G4 P0.1

[ErikJenkins]

I sealed the wood with polyurethane, used a brush for the black and then sanded the excess.

[ErikJenkins]

Here they are before I sanded the excess black off.

[Rusty]

Ha, that’s funny. When I first saw your post, I was trying to figure out what you were spelling and all I could see was omelet.

[Earwigger]

I strongly recommend editing my script to go less than one inch. A half inch would probably do. It drives me nuts watching it cut that unnecessarily long slot. But then again… I seem to always be in a hurry.