 Crest part on a Cheap CNC | |
HomeCNC emailed me the 4 tool paths that cut the crest on his home made machine. I wanted to see how a Cheap-CNC matched up. I think the part looks great! It took much longer on the Cheap-CNC but then again, it only gets around 12 IPM so that was to be expected.
The first two tool paths were roughing passes
28 minutes for the first
22 minutes for the second
The final two paths were finish passes.
Pass #3 with an 1/8" ball nose took 3 hrs 37 minutes
Pass #4 with a 1/16" ball nose tool 18 hrs 26 minutes!
I must agree with HomeCNC in that the 4th pass was not really needed as the detail after pass #3 was almost identical to the forth.
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Paul Riedlinger
Let the chips fall where they may...I'm not going to clean them up! |