The McDougall pattern with a sharper bit. More detail!

To follow up on my drawing post, I loaded a scrap piece of chalkboard stock onto my CNC. I changed the tool to a trim router with a 1/8″ milling bit. The process started with Google Image Search. I found a quality black and white image and converted it to ( more… )

I have been working on a project with a lot of detail and wanted to look at it before committing to cutting. I created the outline from a Google image search using Inkscape, saving the file as .svg. I imported into Estlcam and configured the parts. The line is light. ( more… )

Here is a short video with an overview of my CNC machine and the electronics.

This is the pattern I cut out, and here is a link to the video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ofQO8Ll3ic 14 gauge steel, 30 amps, 45 PSI, 140 ipm. I pulled the image from the internet, transformed it into a bitmap with Inkscape, loaded it to Estlcam where I sized it and configured the ( more… )

I bought my first plasma cutter 2 years ago. Once I got it out of the box I knew I was going to have a lot of fun learning and creating metal transformation techniques. I also learned I needed some motion control over the machine to create predictable and consistent ( more… )