OFF-TOPIC got really boring.... What you all been up to ?

TO start it off.... I hunt and train pointing dogs in my off time. 100+ birds in the bag this fall ( and a few deer ) and the Lakes froze over last weekend so some hard water fishing happening in Minesoooootahhh !!!

What you all been up to ?

Matthew D. Hoedeman over 1 year ago in reply to Kp61dude!

I won't go that far, my shoulders & back are pretty messed up. My lower back, too much bone-on-bone, degenerative disk disease and my shoulders are really messed up, I can hear them 'squish' sometimes. So, yeah, I hurt, and probably did more damage to the shoulders.
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Kp61dude! over 1 year ago in reply to Kp61dude!

Ouch! I can 'hear' it just by reading your comment there
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Matthew D. Hoedeman over 1 year ago in reply to Kp61dude!

on the upside, all New Wave stuff was 10% off at the Expo, and, as an additional bonus, a free $700 2hp air-cooled spindle. I did buy the water cooled 3hp at the Expo, and I just got an email stating that my free 2hp air-cooled spindle is on the way, so I will have a backup spindle, just in case.
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Kp61dude! over 1 year ago in reply to Kp61dude!

A free spindle! That never hurts to have around. What a deal!
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Matthew D. Hoedeman over 1 year ago

Made this over the weekend with my CNC Router.
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KatmandudaMeow over 1 year ago in reply to Matthew D. Hoedeman

Sweet.....
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Matthew D. Hoedeman over 1 year ago in reply to Matthew D. Hoedeman

thanks, all computer, except for a 'bunch' of sanding and work with a box cutter. quarter-sawn looks cool, but it doesn't 'cut clean' very well. up-cut and down-cut bits both leave a lot of 'fuzzy' everywhere, I think because of the way the grain is running.
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KatmandudaMeow over 1 year ago in reply to Matthew D. Hoedeman

are you using a ball nose endmill with a center cut?
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Matthew D. Hoedeman over 1 year ago in reply to Matthew D. Hoedeman

For deep cutting, I start the 3D with a 1/2" flat bottom to hog out material (with stock left on). Then I will either go with 1/2" ball-nose or 1/4" ball nose, depending on how the simulation looks. From there, 1/8" and 1/16" ball nose. To finish the profile of the cat (to clean up the edges) I used a 1/4" and 1/8" flat bottom down cut. A down cut SHOULD give you a crisp top edge due to the cutting direction, and they have on all the other things I have cut, but not so much on that quarter-sawn. Also, the 1/8 & 1/16 ball nose also left little fuzzies, which they will, but usually very minor compared to what they left on the quarter-sawn.

Yes, the ball-nose I have all have center cutting.

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Also, for finish 3D work is all done as 'climb' cutting, so the edges cut INTO material, not 'out of' the material.
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Matthew D. Hoedeman over 1 year ago

Project I did Saturday with the glue-ups I ordered (and picked up Friday after work)
I will use this as a sale-sample once baseball starts up again in the spring.
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