3 sided rotary CNC routing with the Shapeoko Carving a Koi fish

By Dennis Van Hoof, from Top o Arts This video shows modifications to the Shapeoko XXL CNC frame and bed to accommodate a manual rotary setup that allows for multisided 3D carving of objects (along a Baxis) that are too big to fit underneath the Xgantry rail. To show proof of concept, I carved a Koi fish from a solid stack of plywood with 3sided CNC routing. Software used: Meshmixer to create the 3D Koi fish Vectric VCarve to generate the tool paths UGS Platform to send the Gcode to the CNC Materials used: Everbilt 1 inch square tubes with 5, 16 holes spaced 1 apart 1, 4 steel triangular plates 3, 8 bolts (the 5, 16 holes were widened with the drill press) 18 mm (3, 4 ) Sande plywood: 4 sheets of 600x600 mm (4 x4 ) Surfacing bit to flatten and pocket the stock: WhiteSide, 1027A Extra long roughing bit: Amana Tool end mill, 46590 Extra long finishing bit: Amana Tool ball