CNC carving a violin out of olive wood with the Shapeoko XXL

By Dennis Van Hoof, from Top o Arts This video shows the process of building a violin out of olive wood and spring greencolored epoxy resin using the Shapeoko XXL CNC router and other modern as well as traditional wood working techniques. Software used: Meshmixer to create the 3D violin model Vectric VCarve to generate the tool paths UGS Platform to send the Gcode to the CNC Materials used: Olive wood (Etsy store: OliveWoodSupply in Turkey) Ebony fingerboard, nut, and tail gut saddle blanks hardware blanks (StewMac) Strings and Supreme Tamarind Violin Fittings Set with Ebony Trim (Fiddlershop) 3, 4 inch HDPE for the mold panels ( Small Parts Amazon) Crystal Clear and Floral epoxy resin (from the Epoxy Resin Store) Pearl Ex Spring Green Mica powder 1 inch surfacing bit: Whiteside, 6210 1, 4 end mill: Amana Tool, 46577K 1, 8 end mill: Amana Tool, 46299 1, 4 downcut bit: Whiteside, RD2100 Straight 1, 4 ball nose bit: Amana Tool, 46294 Straight 1, 8 ball nose bit: