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Many chips later, I am the proud owner of 20 finished angles.

Now I have to remove the remains of the holding webs and deburr the parts cleanly. Then I just have to make another plate with 20 mirror-image parts.
At least a first laying test shows that the angles fit perfectly on the plates.

While the CNC machine is working independently in the background, I can make a few add-on parts.
For example, the box for the life buoy ...



... or the platform on the right front tower.





Bernhard

That is an amazing process!The curved angles are looking really good.

Now you need to find a purpose to reuse all those chips!

Fascinating and remarkable all at the same time!

Very cool! Trying to bend or form angles, even in styrene, to fit curves is such a pain that I either avoid projects that require it, or leave them off and hope it goes unnoticed.

So tell us, Bernhard, have you made any progress on the loader? Seriously, your achievement so far is just remarkable. -- Russ

Just amazing work!!!

Jerry

Hello Bernard.
Your brackets are very tasty, yes great.
cheers

Quote from: Bernhard on July 09, 2023, 03:03:50 AMThank you all for your interest!

@Paul:
The special cutter is a double-edged solid carbide tool with no twist. The tool is very stable. Because of the lack of twist, the sheet metal is not pulled upward during milling, and it does not tend to vibrate. This is especially useful for large thin sheets, although I always stick them to the MDF with double-sided adhesive film to be on the safe side.

I would be very grateful if you could provide a link to the exact cutter you are using for milling. I have tried to Google for a bit like this with no success.

Hauk, I buy this type of cutter here.

Quote from: Bernhard on August 20, 2023, 07:27:07 AMHauk, I buy this type of cutter here.

Thanks a lot! Ordered 4 cutterd right away.

Looking forward to testing them!

PS: What are the deepest cut you take with the 2mm cutters?
And what speed/feed combination do you use?

Quote from: Bernhard on August 03, 2023, 06:30:16 AM

Those soldering fixtures inserted in the holes of the soldering board look very useful, could you tell us where you bought them?

Hello Hauk,

have a look here:
https://www.fohrmann.com/en/precision-engineering-tools/soldering/

I use these, they are easy to find on eBay in the US
https://www.ebay.com/itm/195830245691?hash=item2d9864693b:g:qWcAAOSw1dlkj1VY&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAAwNqzggSlPKgPto1YULm4v7Fy%2BUckraepQl2sEQQZKY8cJsxsKxIsuO4HVmAqTrlurKpOsBCxTxKQco8%2F6XjhhWFexSPaJyw4kJXRHLPtCOQJ6W6mL34%2FiFhqZLNHXuVD%2BaF0XBF8yU6GxjDr6W%2FrAs%2FoUwoBy5jwaAXZzLhJSVTWTQ3aDZDM998FOBGMEPusplWRXvZJKs59UNua%2FzBsS3sGs%2BrwfSxo%2BLa3KLKLyd19jStD01rxBW6ueGCVdDTLzA%3D%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR-aVrtvIYg