A dragon carving
 

This is a pic of a carving of a dragon which I did. This was done with a 3 mm ball nose.

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This is a pic of a craving of a dragon which I did. This was done with a 3 mm ball nose.

Hey, are you the same guy that didn't know where to start 6 months ago?

Very impressive!

Lots of questions:
- Overall size?
- Total cutting time?
- Programs used?
- At the top edge of the wing (and the "teeth") appear to be "chatter" marks. Was this programmed in, or was it interference?

Yes, gerald thanks to you guys I am progressing well in this field.

The overall size was 6"x4".
Total cutting time 20 minutes.
Programe used Artcam Pro and Mach 3.
The Chatter marks were in the original pic.
Cutting speed was around 3 IPS.
Router RPM 12,0000.
Wood Used Mahogany.

After 6 years I am still amazed that a crude beast of a MechMate (or ShopBot), with no linear bearings, no ballscrews, can produce such fine work, even on a small scale.

Gerald I know now you could walk around with your collars up. Mind you, you were a super Guru as well, although a bit harsh on certain occasions. Just pulling your leg mate.

I really hope that "walking with collars up" has a different meaning in Sri Lanka to what it does here. Here it means you wear pink socks as well....

God, Sorry I did not mean it. In this part of the World what it means is a "man who is proud of his achievements".

No problems Fabrica, I knew what you intended when you said it. http://www.mechmate.com/Forum/clipart/happy.gif

International communication can get, um . . . , "interesting" http://www.mechmate.com/Forum/clipart/happy.gif

Fabrica
Congratulations on your carving.Quite impressive.You must feel pretty good about now after just finishing your machine.My hats off to you.
Ali

Fabrica & Gerald,
congratulation for both of you, Guru and Chaila ( student ), Gerald, thanks for sending message inviting me to share the achievements. congratulations once again. Gerald I am taking classes of CAD CAM at local college, and have acquired the services of a experiencesd electrical engineer will help me for electrical and electronic side once in a week, first want to finish my software side. I hope I will also hear a few words of appreciation from you soon. I think it is better for me to visit my forum regularly for acquaintance with new developments. thanks again Gerald

Masroor, Happy to hear about your progress. Keep us posted of what goes on up their.

Hi
I found these roman horses really well made .The pic does not show well all the details. If someone want to try 3d and like horses here is the link http://www.scantech.dk/3d-laser-scanners/downloads.html Gerald hope this is ok here

http://artist-3d.com/free_3d_models/...hp&count=count a link to the 3d files used in these model. The finishing done with a dremel on another blue somewhat flimsyer machine . The wood model is the 3d file flaten on the z axe. It is flatter. The model in urethane has the tower individualy flatten and squezed together to make a rounded look . It also been made taller and slighty rotated (leaning foward ) cloud added and lettering.

another link to some free 3d models
http://3delicious.net/

Normand,

Very nice!

Thanks for the links. I can't wait to get my MM done.

"2008 MechMate CNC World Tour"....now that is a brilliant idea! Any sponsors? :D

Normand what CNC table are you using these days? If I remember correctly, you were selling your ShopBot?

I also notice that you have a new website at http://www.sculpteur.ca/ with some excellent examples of your work!

Thank you guys
I still got my sb so I feel a bit out of place in mm forum . I was going to sell it ,but was able to renew lease here. But would like to build a mechmate for added acucacy and speed ,and also the added knoledge . Gerald to be clear here in Quebec we also have c clamp but they are capital C clamp model ;)

http://david-laserscanner.com/forum/...pic.php?p=3672
The link to explain how this was done . Thank to Mattia Mercante and McFarlane people and David laser scanner

Normand Blais

Normand, Simply put « Beau travail et félicitation ». !
Robert ;)

Very nice work Normand.

Can you describe the cutting process? What kind of bits, and speeds were used. Also, what kindo of wood?

Salut Robert
Tu sais j'ai pas grand mérite, c,est du tout cuit dans bouche,du bonbon. J'ai hate de pouvoir faire de belles chose comme cela , c'est long à apprendre ces logitiels la à temps partiel.Dis toi que tu pourra faire pareil avec ton MM. À quand le grand départ dans l'aventure ,Je vois que tu as beaucoup de software ça te donne une bonne longeur d'avance ,aller plonge, l'eau est bonne tu ne voudra plus ressortir,pis tu vas te demander pourquoi tu ne l'a pas fais avant.Bonne chance


Hi Greg I will answer you but the real nugget is the link. It is western red cedar the rough pass 85%stepover 1/4 in stepdown with a 1/2 cutter
Finishing with a taper 1/4 to 1/8 on 1 1/2 fl cutter raster 25% of cutter size ,all at 2ips. To be honest I am not to happy with it I find it to shallow for the the wood that I started with . I think this file is like 75meg big .I work in rhino and it is not really made to work with mesh ,it was like talking to another planet type a command ,surf the internet on the other computer ,get response type more command surf the other computer.... on and on ,crash sometime reload restart , this would best be done in zbrush or another mesh software ,and then import to the cam software.
I put it on the wall my girl friend like it ,(will inspire her when she does her exercises to keep in shape. amour si tu li ça j'taime comme té)
Normand

finishing

Thank You Normand.

Your description helps allot. I will go thru the link again. :)

Normand ",(will inspire her when she does her exercises to keep in shape. amour si tu li ça j'taime comme té)"

I'm looking at this beautiful work and thinking ..... with the sword and the knives .... this should inspire him to keep his mouth closed if she decides not to do exercises and keep in shape.:eek::D

Ahhhh, amour si tu li ça j'taime comme té !!!!
That is a man speaking the language of seduction to his behalf when he fells he may be slipping in a danger zone :eek:

Normand, mais tu sait trop bien comment je veux bien y plongé…juste une question de temps, dipo (métier en demande beaucoup) et $$$$... Check bin, sra pas trop long mec
A+, Robert ;)

;)Ok she is as beautifull as that. Knife ,sword Now I got to change my password

Nice work Normand..this is the type of stuff I LIKE..:D 2D does not turn me on...in 3D things are so much better to look at...and feel....