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Post by traindriver on Jan 29, 2019 18:50:31 GMT -5
I made this first "puzzle" for a friend of mine's parents. She is visiting them this weekend and it's the first time all the family has gotten together in a few years, so her mom wanted to wait until everyone got there and give each person their piece and put it together. All of the names are in my friend's handwriting, but she's going to get everyone's signature so I can make a new one for her parents and everyone can take home their own family puzzle pieces. A friend at work had a daughter that had open heart surgery in December, (God has provided miraculous healing - much quicker than the doctors thought) and another friend suggested I make her a heart shaped box with a bandage on it.
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Post by cletus on Jan 29, 2019 23:37:10 GMT -5
That’s really cool! I especially like the heart box.
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Post by laflippin on Jan 31, 2019 12:18:10 GMT -5
I agree with Cletus, traindriver---heart box looks fantastic!
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Post by traindriver on Jan 31, 2019 17:18:28 GMT -5
thanks!
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Post by johnb on Jan 31, 2019 18:57:54 GMT -5
TD...what is the flat depth cut length on that box? And what bit did you use?
It just dawned on me that you could "double your height" by cutting a slice before milling (that slice would become the bottom of the box)… Run your toolpath to carve out the interior, flip it over and run it again, then glue the bottom back on the (now upside-down) box (like when making a "bandsaw box"), run your perimeter cut, then flip it back and cut the rest of the perimeter (from the original "top side" of the box. You'd have to make sure to "only" make the overall height of the box (without the top, but with the bottom attached) to be no more than what you can cut through when attacking from both sides.
With a little tabbing, flipping, and planning (and two slices), you could "nest" an additional box inside the first one and make use of a lot of wood that would otherwise become chips.
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Post by traindriver on Feb 1, 2019 22:12:41 GMT -5
The flat depth is 2 1/4" I used a 3" long 1/2" end mill. To cut the outside, I used 3 toolpaths: the first two were .75" deep each, with the second one .005" bigger than the first one so the shank of the mill wouldn't scrub the box. The third one was the final 1 inch using the 1/2" end mill and another .005" bigger. Sander took out the outside mill marks. In retrospect, the box is 4" x 4", and 2 1/4" is a little too deep for that small of a box. I like your idea, though. I'm going to put that in the back of my mind for future boxes. I did try making a Texas shaped box using one shallow box, and another "ring" glued on top, but it didn't turn out near as good as I had hoped. The flipping idea, though - That definitely sounds workable. Thanks!
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Post by johnb on Feb 1, 2019 22:20:55 GMT -5
A Texas box, huh? Works for me. Sounds a lot more interesting than a Wyoming box and a lot more usable than a Hawaii box.
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Post by traindriver on Feb 2, 2019 20:41:04 GMT -5
Yeah, this rig here. Normally I just make Colorado shaped boxes.
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Post by johnb on Feb 3, 2019 10:17:35 GMT -5
Normally I just make Colorado shaped boxes. Do you explain why those boxes aren't true rectangles? The east and west "edges" of both Colorado & Wyoming follow the lines of longitude and I'm pretty sure the northern/southern boundaries are on parallels of latitude...so none of the sides are either straight or perpendicular.
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Post by traindriver on Feb 4, 2019 21:43:09 GMT -5
I use a Mercator projection of the state for my vectors so it appears square.
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Post by pdabk on Mar 2, 2019 9:12:28 GMT -5
Nice work on the domino inlay! What type of v-bit did you use for the engraving?
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Post by traindriver on Mar 5, 2019 20:07:44 GMT -5
Nice work on the domino inlay! What type of v-bit did you use for the engraving? I usually use a 60 degree v-bit. I sometimes use a 45, only because I bought it on sale at Mann Tool in Columbia, and rarely use a 30 degree bit, which is what MTMWood on Youtube uses.
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