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Test-phase to discover how the machine works and how I can use it best. I want to make a 2D Greyhound realsize.

For now I started with a piece of waste material (18 mm thick multiplex) on a smaller scale ( height of the dog is approximately 30 cm)

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As hard wood is somehow an expensive material, we decided to give life to the bass at first as a foam model. In this way we could check if size, proportions and holes dimensions were appropriate.

As the piece was a 3D one, I created in Rhino a supporting frame as big as the foam block, with bridges here and there to support the bass while being cut out.

The body of the object is made of 18 and 6 mm birch wood, so it would be more robust than the first prototype. All the parts have been milled out on the shopbot, and the engravings have been done with the lasercutter afterwards.

Children play in groups of two, with one stethoscope that they can use to listen to the sounds in the blocks. At the left ‘machine‘ in the factory they can change the letters inside the blocks, by turning the wheels. When they hear the sound they need, they write the corresponding letter on the touchscreen and then the sound is loaded into the block. The right ‘machine‘ is for loading a string of sound blocks into a white word block. By pressing the big button the word jumps from the green blocks into the white. The word can now be printed in the chimney - a sticker will pop out from the top.

this post should help - rather on a technical level - users of the mini miller modela creating a small relief mold less than 5mm deep (depends on the bits...)

enjoy !

1.) milling a relief mold.
 STL file was prepared using Rhino. approx 16-24 MB in resolution of 0.01-0.02 mm
model size approx 200/130/40mm.

2.) i decided to mill the positive shape, intend to cast silicone and reproduce in gipson or prepare for metall casting or for further production of soap or chokolde e.g. havent decided yet...

3.) software used:

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The idea

A large stamp with a curved surface is more easy to stamp in a fluid movement then a large stamp with a flat surface.

Design

The profile for the stamp holder is made to be milled out of MDF by the Shopbot. It containes 1 profile that will be cut twice, and can be glued together for the appropriate width (in this case 40 mm = 2*20 mm MDF).

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Result of the high heel with the Shopbot using Partworks3d.

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How to begin:

First thing first. Because this was the first time we (Tomas and I) tried the Shopbot in 3d mode, we didn't knew how to use it in action. We watched a tutorial. Now for the real thing.

The 3d model was made by Rosa, we tried to help here make it real.

--- Toolpaths of the Shopbot program Partworks3d is visible in the Fabmoment of Tomas ---

CNC FLIP-PART SETUP
composed by Mathieu Pung

PART I 3d Software
1.    Bring your Model into Rhino, SolidWorks, Alias, etc!  I do most of the setup in 3d software since the    
        machining software might change depending on which FabLab you are working in.

Our big milling machine is out of order. We'll do our best to repair it within 2 weeks.
I'll post here when its up again

Alex