The First Project cut With the Mark III CNC July 24, 2009
Posted by Ruzter in Assembly.trackback
Just before baby arrived several weeks ago, I successfully cut my first real project. And it only took 2 tries!
This is a trivet, in other words a thing to put a hot pot on. The design is a hilbert curve, actually 4 hilbert curves connected to make the one continuous line. The wood is cherry. I really like cherry because of how well it sands to a glossy finish.
A couple things I learned. If you cut cherry too slowly, it burns your bit. I think I can still smell the smoke in the basement. Also if you have 2 programs, one to cut the curve and one to cut the outside perimeter, and in between you change the bit and accidentally move the alignment, it, looks like this:
This is also how it looks before you give it a quick sanding.
Nice! As for the one due to misalignment, could you maybe cut off the edges to make it match?
hmmm, I wonder?
Genius honey. Bring on the Christmas gifts. A trivet for everyone!
Kirsten
Shhhh, that would ruin the surprize!
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