The video was sped up 8x. The die is 2" x 0.5". This was cut with one of my Taig CNC mills. Three 270 oz stepper motors move the X, Y and Z axes. The spiral endmill here is solid carbide and is 1/16" in diameter. It's turning at 6,700rpm. The shape was created with Rhino 3D. It was converted to G-code with SheetCAM. Mach3 Mill runs the Taig during this 2.5D cut. A stream of compressed air moves the swarf from the path of the endmill.
This is a striped relief printing die for lampworking. My wife is a lampwork bead maker and I design these dies for her. Colored enamel powder is spread on the raised pattern and the hot glass rolled or pressed onto it, passing the pattern to the glass.
Ertlaerbaer01 - Brass is a hard metal, and the accuracy of the cut more than makes up for the what you thought was lacking in speed.
1970be 11 months ago
could have been real time, it's not that fast...
erklaerbaer01 1 year ago