Part I Made

[5artist5]

I thought I'd share the part I made on my Taig this last weekend.

It's 1/4" 6061-T6

[Hirudin]

That's way cool! It looks like an invader from space.

[5artist5]

Hehe, it does look like that!
It is actually a servo mounting plate for an animatronic eye movement.

[The Magician]

Nice job, looks like art. How long did take to machine?

[TOC Admin]

Very cool....Do you use 1/4 scale servos on That....?

[Dean W]

Don't really know what it does, but it sure does look professional.
Very nice!

Dean

[900steve]

nice job!
CNC or manual milling?
what type of endmill were you using?
any coolant?

[5artist5]

It is made for standard size servos.

It was all CNC.

First I did the 1/8 inch holes then the 1/4 inch holes.
I used a G83 peck cycle for both sizes taking .010 pecks.
I used the 1/8 drill also to put holes at the corners where I did the 1/4 inch milling
while I was at it to lessen the load.
The drilling took about 10 min total.

For endmills I used a 1/4 inch and an 1/8 inch, both were 2-flute carbide square niagara cutters. I first used the 1/4 end mill to cut everything that would fit
it. A lot of the corners were supposed to have a .125 radius.
The spots for the servos needed a .0625 radius though, so I still cut them with the 1/4
inch cutter, but I left .020 so that the 1/8 inch cutter would do the finish work on those slots.
It took about 4 hours and I dabbed some tap magic here and there but no flood coolant or anything like that.

Thanks for the kind words!

[tikka308]

Any particular reason you used carbide over HSS?

[ViperTX]

5artist5,

It would be cool to see the assembled eye.

Paul

[5artist5]

Any particular reason you used carbide over HSS?

I fugure they last longer and are not much more money.