Post by toddd on Dec 30, 2020 22:43:47 GMT -5
Over on the Vectric forum a member posted a program he made to make puzzle joints and puzzle pieces too if you want. I'm finding them to be fun projects and its of interest here as I have an Axiom AR8 pro V5 like many here. It has been nice to see how accurate our machines can be when we know more about running them. I have been using mine for 9 months now when I can and learning lots. There is always more to learn and for me thats a bit the point of this too, on this project I am using the tape and super glue method of work holding as its perfect for the small pieces.
I am using 1/2" Corian sink cut outs from a local fabricator as material and does it ever cut nice, using 1/8" end mills and ball nose at 1/16th per pass, 60 IPM feed and 8000 rpm gives nice chips with no melting and goes decently fast. Endmills I get from Onlinesupplydotca, the solid carbide TLN coated bits are $5 each, they ship fast and have huge selection, I also get 1/2" solid carbide ball nose 4" long for bowls and spoons but thats off topic.
Heres a puzzle as carved and the next photo I painted it a bit to see if it popped more, the next photo pieces are cut waiting to be carved next, the full puzzle has pieces cut with a -.004 offset to give the fit some clearance, that seemed too much clearance so the other pieces nearby have clearance of -.003 and -.002 they are marked in pencil on the photo. It seems to me that is very accurate cutting.
I am using 1/2" Corian sink cut outs from a local fabricator as material and does it ever cut nice, using 1/8" end mills and ball nose at 1/16th per pass, 60 IPM feed and 8000 rpm gives nice chips with no melting and goes decently fast. Endmills I get from Onlinesupplydotca, the solid carbide TLN coated bits are $5 each, they ship fast and have huge selection, I also get 1/2" solid carbide ball nose 4" long for bowls and spoons but thats off topic.
Heres a puzzle as carved and the next photo I painted it a bit to see if it popped more, the next photo pieces are cut waiting to be carved next, the full puzzle has pieces cut with a -.004 offset to give the fit some clearance, that seemed too much clearance so the other pieces nearby have clearance of -.003 and -.002 they are marked in pencil on the photo. It seems to me that is very accurate cutting.
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