CNC carving a transparent seahorse with the Shapeoko
CNC carving a large transparent seahorse with the Shapeoko XXL By Dennis Van Hoof, from Top o Arts This video shows the process of carving a large, transparent seahorse out of maple and epoxy resin, with with a small seahorse made out of blue epoxy resin inside, using the Shapeoko XXL. Software used: Meshmixer to modify all the individual bones and pieces Vectric VCarve to generate the tool paths UGS Platform to send the Gcode to the CNC Materials used: Maple wood Crystal Clear epoxy resin (from the Epoxy Resin Store) Duo BlueGreen Mica powder (from PearlEx) 1, 4 upcut end mill: Amana Tool, 46577K 1, 4 downcut end mill: Whiteside, RD2100 1, 8 tapered ball nose bit: Amana Tool, 46286 1, 16 tapered ball nose bit: Amana Tool, 46281 1 1, 8 surfacing bit: Amana Tool, 45525
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