CNC machining your own parts
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. Well.......my fingers too. But they are a bit worn out these days. Helped a buddy build a cnc router system with stepper motors so we could spit out small flat foam board planes. Used a dremmel tool as the router.
Terryscustom
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YES, CNC plywood, G-10 etc. etc. etc. Also laser cut parts. Those of us that have the ability are spoiled.....but it sure is nice.
Terryscustom
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Very cool custom case @jhelber08
Laser is still not hooked up from our move so I CNC cut some plywood for the first time! Made some can mounts and G10 horns for current build.
Laser is still not hooked up from our move so I CNC cut some plywood for the first time! Made some can mounts and G10 horns for current build.
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Jetpainter
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jhelber08
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It was a bit touch and go at first, I think they released it with a lot of bugs. When I first started using it, I couln't get both chargers to work at the same time, usually one would drop off halfway through the charge because of a communication error. I ended up sending the bump controller back and they updated the hardware and added some more robust rf filters. Since its return, I've only used it a few times but it seems that the issues are fixed. I hope to take that case to the field and give it a good work out to see for sure. The good thing is, revo has been really quick and responsive to help fix any issues. On the whole, its pretty dang awesome now that it seems to be working as it should. Now I need to get some sort of tablet so that I can take advantage of the blue tooth capabilities. They also have it set up to work with android phones too, I can bump the battery on my phone and it beems the info to the bump controller...not really necessary but I thought it was pretty dang cool!
Jetpainter
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Kelly, the designer of the Bump Controller is in my club and several other members were Beta testers. It's a very cool product. Kelly and his son are making some really cool custom charge cases now. They will sell parts, or build the entire thing with chargers and all if someone wants.
This was his own that I took a pic of at one of our events.
C-Hymas
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I have a router attachment for our torchmate plasma cnc table. Built a vacuum table and have an airplane in the works with 6 of them being built in the northwest this fall.
Ohio AV8TOR
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At my last employment I ran a Model Lab and we had a 5-axis CNC machine. I made a vacuum box to hold the wood down and best fit my shapes in cad then machined cutting with a 1/32" endmill at 18,000 rpms. It worked very good but not as good as a laser cutter. It was all I had. I machined a lot of basswood plugs for fiberglass molds on that machine as well.