Work we produce

[James Jaragosky]

James,

Very nice work on the Corian piece. Be careful or you will get hooked on the stuff

I have a few 3/4" thick pieces of Corian I have been saving for a rainy day. There is rain in my short term forecast
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Keith; Thanks for the encouragement.
I look forward to the pictures for your rainy day project.


In the mean time here is my latest.

The wood is Brazilian cherry, the size is 13 x 13 x 1.25 thick
The bass is from James Booth's collection that came free with Aspire.
The bass is .75 at it's deepest point.
I used a 3/8 60 degree for all the v-carving; the bass was done with a .0625 ball nose for the finish pass.
I assembled the entire project in Aspire. The hole lay out was really easy using Aspire.

I do need to get a few bits so I can produce more interesting borders.

[james mcgrew]

that is beautiful!

jim

[Angus Hines]

Thats awesome


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[James Jaragosky]

Thats awesome


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Today's experiment. Made from scratch; completely with aspire .

[Khalid Khattak]

Beautiful work I don't know about the game, but the player must feel proud playing on this board

[James Jaragosky]

Beautiful work I don't know about the game, but the player must feel proud playing on this board

This is made from 1in thick Padouk the size is 10.5x8.5
the deer seen is from James Booth at vetctorart3d it came with my aspire purchase.
Fairly cheap to make; the clock parts are $5 the wood was around $7 and 1.5 hours on the CNC.
I like the tung oil finish on the Padouk.
Jim J

[james mcgrew]

james you never cease to amaze me!!

jim

[James Jaragosky]

james you never cease to amaze me!!

jim

Because of the varying thicknesses of the wood I have had less that perfect results using the laser to number my clock faces.

[Michael Kowalczyk]

This is made from 1in thick Padouk the size is 10.5x8.5
the deer seen is from James Booth at vetctorart3d it came with my aspire purchase.
Fairly cheap to make; the clock parts are $5 the wood was around $7 and 1.5 hours on the CNC.
I like the tung oil finish on the Padouk.
Jim J

Hey James,
Great work!!!! but at 1.5 hours each can you make a profit?
What are you using for settings?
Tooling? How many?
step over?
RPM?
Feedrate?

[James Jaragosky]

Hey James,
Great work!!!! but at 1.5 hours each can you make a profit?
What are you using for settings?
Tooling? How many?
step over?
RPM?
Feedrate?

If you are asking am I getting what I should for one of these small clocks; the answer is probably not.
Then again I am not optimized for production.
I used a 1/2in end mill for the rough a 1/4in ball nose in for the finish and a 3/8in 60 degree for the numbering. The rough I run at 100ipm, the finish I ran at 75ipm and the vcarve was 100ipm. I am asking $95 for the small ones, I doubt that a brick and mortar business could turn a profit at that price level.

[Michael Kowalczyk]

Hey James,
Just curious but why so slow?
depending on the wood, I would probably be at 400-700IPM for the rough, 200-300 for the finish and the v-bit probably won't matter much but at least 150-200. The CNC controller should determine the fastest feedrate by what distance it has to accell and decell. It can only go as fast as the controller will go but only if your feedrate is higher than the fastest it will allow for that distance. If the quality is not there then back off a bit but don't be afraid to break a bit once in a while by pushing your CNC. hopefully you have some slightly used but still sharp bits to do these tests. It is a little bit painful when you break a new one and even more when it is a new diamond bit .

To see if it is worth it just run a dry run with the highest setting you think it could handle and see how much less time it takes. Then you have something to gauge your time a little more with. How many more do you think you could sell if you could do them in 1/2 the time? The next time saver would be doing multiples, say 4 in a row. It cuts down your time also because less tool changes per item.

You will also have to make sure your blanks are ABSOLUTETLY SECURE to take the added lateral force.
Let me know if this helps,

[james mcgrew]

client came yesterday to see some work and while they were there her husband commented that "aspire is an asset" to you,

i certainly agreed

jim

[Keith Outten]

This is something I have been working on for awhile but hadn't quite decided how I wanted to do the inlay treatment. I had considered paint but it just didn't seem to fit the bill. Granted it isn't a complex project but I got the opportunity to experiment using Dupont adhesive.

The plaque is Pompei Red Corian. Burgandy and orange are Virginia Tech's colors, as close as I could get anyway with solid surface material. I am pleased with the results, even though there are a couple of places that could have been better it looks great at an arms length I found that by putting the adhesive tip deep in the v-groove and pushing the adhesive upward it eliminated air bubbles.

The picture is a little fuzzy but the lines came out perfect, I must have had the shakes

I'm working up to attempting an Aspire project that involves multiple layers/colors of Corian plus some inlay but I wanted to sharpen my skills a bit first.

I think with a bit more work I can get the technique down pat so I'm working on another little project using CNU chisel letters in white with a dark blue inlay. The design is done....now on to the router
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[james mcgrew]

fun work!!

jim

[James Jaragosky]

Nice Use of the adhesive. The project looks good.
What bit did you use to cut the profile?
Do you use a mechanical clamp method or vacuum?
Thanks for sharing.
Jim J.