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28th October 2011, 08:18 PM #16SENIOR MEMBER
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Very nice work Mark, keep it up.
Daniel
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28th October 2011, 11:12 PM #17
Hi Mark
I love the picture of the girl dancing. Is it in Aluminum? The whole picture just flows and lives. Well done.
Bob Willson
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28th October 2011, 11:42 PM #18Senior Member
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Hi Bob... nope just melimine coated MDF. I then painted the girl in a metalic grey and the rest in a dull grey to create a duo tone look (not really visible in the pic). As the melimine doesn't absorb the paint its an easy job to just splash paint on with a big brush then using a squeegee to remove the excess off the white melimine "foreground" bit of a clean up with a rag and hey presto its done.
Whats cool with doing this in a very low res line screen is that the image is not very obvious from close but gains resolution as you step back or from an angle. Like Lithophanes high contrast pics work best. doing a bit of work in photoshop also can help alot.
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29th October 2011, 11:07 AM #19GOLD MEMBER
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You are very talented Mark.
Look forward to seeing more of your work.Cheers,
Rod
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29th October 2011, 02:27 PM #20
Mark
Love the fish tank one, what shape and size cutter did you use on it? It look brilliant.The finish is so smooth.
Russellvapourforge.com
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29th October 2011, 04:29 PM #21Senior Member
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Thanks guys.
Rusel the bit I used is a beading bit (also called veining bits) from Carbitool TBF8 1/2.
beading bits fine point
so its the same curved profile that is following the vectors.
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12th November 2011, 03:03 AM #22GOLD MEMBER
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Something a little different.
A water wheel for SWMBO that will be powered by a solar panel and 12 volt pump. The wheel is 400mm diam and has 24 paddles. I have placed a nozzle of the silicone gun in the photo to help size it.
It is quite heavy but becasue it is reasonably balanced it doesn't take much to make it rotate.
I have included the Aspire graphic so you can see how the hubs were made.Cheers,
Rod
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12th November 2011, 11:09 AM #23
Hi Rod
I love the concept and that this could be made from scratch on a CNC machine. (Or, as you prefer to call them .. engraving machines)
A couple of questions.
Is the whole thing made from Perspex?
Have you used a bearing in the centre or is it just a bolt shank, or not even that?
Is the inner circle part an actual ring or was it formed by the accurate juxtapositioning of the water carrier blades?
Are you selling these at the weekend markets yet and if not why not?
OK, that's two couples of questions.
Bob Willson
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12th November 2011, 01:02 PM #24GOLD MEMBER
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This is a bit OT but the design of the water wheel is a credit to our ancestors.
When I researched designs on the net I wondered why the veins were angled upwards and not at right angles to the rim - a much simpler design. When you draw it up it becomes obvious that the compartment will not spill water until it is much lower in the rotation and therefore drive for longer than a right angle paddle.Cheers,
Rod
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14th November 2011, 12:01 AM #26GOLD MEMBER
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This is an adapter block I made today from a piece of 32mm thick ally billet. The centre pocket is 26mm deep and I used a 6mm HHS roughing bit to pull it out quicker as the finish isn't critical. Outside it is 127mm diam. Tubot handled it with ease at 1500mm/min and 1mm DOC.
Top surface has been orbital sanded as the billet was ex scrap yard and a bit untidy.
These machines are not engravers when you can produce stuff like this.
I commissioned the water wheel tonight and had to slow down the flow of water. It is so efficient that is was going way too fast to qualify for a relaxing pond ornament.Cheers,
Rod
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14th November 2011, 09:10 AM #27
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14th November 2011, 10:12 AM #28GOLD MEMBER
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I didn't know what to call it but it will have a 80mm 12 volt fan in the square pocket and pipe adapters each side.
Yeah you got me a beauty on the deep engraving.Cheers,
Rod
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15th November 2011, 11:44 AM #29Senior Member
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First surfboard...
Well I've been finishing off the boat bits and one of the pieces has a large oval hole in it... this left some interesting scrap... soooo.
The billet silver surfer was born!
Been watching too many kids movies and the other day they had the cartoon "surfs up" on TV.... the board is inside the wood (*edit ally) Cody... you just have to release it
Arrrrh, surfs up mate!
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28th November 2011, 12:50 PM #30GOLD MEMBER
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Hi Mark,
I missed this one. Did you attach the fin or is it cut from the block of ally.
Keep these coming I am enjoying seeing what you get up to.Cheers,
Rod
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