Thanks: 0
Picture(s) thanks: 0
Results 1 to 15 of 184
Thread: Some More CNC Projects
-
15th October 2011, 04:57 AM #1GOLD MEMBER
- Join Date
- May 2003
- Location
- Perth WA
- Posts
- 3,784
Some More CNC Projects
Another solar de-humidifier in the making. Funny how when you make something others see a use for it.
This one is for mud brick house built on clay soil. One corner of the house is prone to holding moisture so the plan is to duct air through stormwater pipes to ventilate the under floor area. The solar powered fan unit will sit in a serviceable position on the perimeter of the house and different length pipes from each socket can distrubute air under the floor.
To mount the stormwater pipe to the fan unit I have used screwed end caps that I have CNC machined. The photo shows the four of them with two having the socket screwed to them. The trick was to hold them on the machine and to centre the hole and fixing points for each cap.
I made a jig by cutting into a piece of 16mm MDF with the design of the cap. The photos will show this better than I can explain it. I cut these on Tubot which is my current work horse as you can see by the WD40 stains in the spoilboard. I have started another machine build that is a Clayton's build - when I have nothing else to amuse myself I tinker with that.
It will all make sense once I have finished the unit and I will post this by the end of the weekend - hopefully !!!Cheers,
Rod
-
15th October 2011 04:57 AM # ADSGoogle Adsense Advertisement
- Join Date
- Always
- Location
- Advertising world
- Posts
- Many
-
15th October 2011, 09:46 AM #2
Good idea Rod
I have previously bought end caps with a flange but they were very expensive.
The new thread is a good idea too.
Bob Willson
-
15th October 2011, 11:37 AM #3GOLD MEMBER
- Join Date
- May 2003
- Location
- Perth WA
- Posts
- 3,784
Hi Bob,
You hit the nail on the head.
Trying to keep the cost down as it is not something you want to spend a lot of money on.
The other thread will hopefully disappear in time.Cheers,
Rod
-
15th October 2011, 06:30 PM #4SENIOR MEMBER
- Join Date
- Aug 2005
- Location
- Perth
- Posts
- 649
Thinking outside the box again hey rod. always informative
-
16th October 2011, 04:29 PM #5GOLD MEMBER
- Join Date
- May 2003
- Location
- Perth WA
- Posts
- 3,784
Hi Steve,
The CNC means you have a fairly large box to work with.
There have been some design changes. As this is going into a Rural area I have decided to make it suck from under the house rather than blow. Grass fires were my reasoning there.
I folded a 1mm galvo box and made front and back panels today. The panels are held on by screws and rivnuts into the galvo and I will put a gasket between to make a good seal.
Three 80mm computer fans and a voltmeter in the front. The suction side will have stormwater pipe as mentioned in a previous post.
The 3 fans will push a total of 90 cfm so hopefully it will work.
I won't post anymore photos as this completes the CNC side of things. While this is not your typical CNC project it does demonstrate that once you have a machine you can make a lot of projects easily that would otherwise be difficult and time consuming to make - and probably not get done.
Good thing is there is enough daylight left to go cut a few machine parts now.Cheers,
Rod
-
16th October 2011, 04:36 PM #6SENIOR MEMBER
- Join Date
- Aug 2005
- Location
- Perth
- Posts
- 649
Should come down and se ya.
My new machines are all working now, just got to come up with some good dust extraction setup for the new router. It sits in the same room as 2 big metal lathes and a mill, so I dont really want them rusting on me from the dust.
Thinking of mounting a 1hp dust extractor to the actual back of the spindle. And then pumping the waste dust air away into a collection chamber. A good thing to pick your brain on
Steve
-
16th October 2011, 04:48 PM #7GOLD MEMBER
- Join Date
- May 2003
- Location
- Perth WA
- Posts
- 3,784
Hi Steve,
I'm home all day making a noise so welcome to drop in for a chin wag.Cheers,
Rod
-
16th October 2011, 05:28 PM #8SENIOR MEMBER
- Join Date
- Aug 2005
- Location
- Perth
- Posts
- 649
Cool, see you soon
-
18th October 2011, 08:36 PM #9GOLD MEMBER
- Join Date
- May 2003
- Location
- Perth WA
- Posts
- 3,784
Made up mounts for the solar panel to either mount on the roof (as per position in photo) or mount on a verandah post by moving the pivot to the back holes. Pivoting on 8mm stainless cap screws into a section of 80/20.
Cheers,
Rod
-
18th October 2011, 09:03 PM #10Senior Member
- Join Date
- May 2009
- Location
- Gosford,NSW
- Posts
- 135
Some projects
Hi guys
As the other thread has been closed for some reason here's some pics of my first attempt at my version of photo v-carve
-
18th October 2011, 09:43 PM #11Senior Member
- Join Date
- May 2009
- Location
- Gosford,NSW
- Posts
- 135
metal bits
Couple more..
Heres a pic of my first stab at doing an alloy job on the beast..
As you say once you have the tool (ie cnc) the ideas are your only limitation.
And of course the ever popular Lithophanes
Very cool fixture to cut your end caps BTW.. its actually the hardest thing sometimes to figure out how to hold the part while you cut it
These threads are really good as it inspires others to..
A: finish their CNC project
and
B: explore the posibilities.
I tend to troll thru sites like coolhunter and dornob for design ideas but its seeing stuff made on home built machines that inspired me to build mine in the first place.
Keep the ideas coming guys!
-
18th October 2011, 10:08 PM #12
Love the seagulls, certainly inspirational stuff.
Cheers
Brian
-
18th October 2011, 11:47 PM #13GOLD MEMBER
- Join Date
- May 2003
- Location
- Perth WA
- Posts
- 3,784
Great stuff
Keep the posts comingCheers,
Rod
-
19th October 2011, 08:27 AM #14SENIOR MEMBER
- Join Date
- Feb 2008
- Location
- NOWRA
- Posts
- 648
Nice work Mark, good to see the beast is running smooth!!
Daniel
-
28th October 2011, 07:20 PM #15Senior Member
- Join Date
- May 2009
- Location
- Gosford,NSW
- Posts
- 135
Thanks Guys
Well the machine is running smooth enough... as you all know its always a evolving thing once you build your first CNC... always room to tweak , add or improve.
Heres one more v-carve of a mates daughter. Note how the curves don't need to be boring straight lines but can add flow and movement to a pic or help with perspective as they expand out on the floor. BTW these things are fairly large at around 2m tall
Also a pic of a facade for a fish tank styled from a image of some brain coral.
More project to come....(just need to finish the ones I've already started )
Similar Threads
-
my projects
By shellyshed in forum WOODWORK PICSReplies: 3Last Post: 4th September 2009, 12:36 AM -
Projects Blogs FAQ .. Projects Blogs FAQ .. It's deja-vu all over again
By Ron Dunn in forum FORUMS INFO, HELP, DISCUSSION & FEEDBACKReplies: 0Last Post: 24th May 2008, 10:18 AM -
My first two projects
By EddieV in forum WOODWORK PICSReplies: 11Last Post: 28th June 2006, 07:21 PM -
some of my projects
By Garell in forum WOODWORK PICSReplies: 8Last Post: 23rd April 2006, 12:55 PM -
some projects
By mic-d in forum WOODWORK PICSReplies: 12Last Post: 7th March 2005, 03:53 PM