Just a few photos of some of the parts on a recent restoration project...installation almost finished by contractor. I did the modeling and fabrication of the all the components. The turned posts were 11'6"....
Charlie
Just a few photos of some of the parts on a recent restoration project...installation almost finished by contractor. I did the modeling and fabrication of the all the components. The turned posts were 11'6"....
Charlie
PRS Alpha 96x60x12 with Indexer
Aspire 10
Rhino5 with Orca3D
beautiful work.
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Wonderful restoration work!!
Congrats
scott
scott P.
2013 Desktop/spindle/VCP 11.5**
Maine
Nice work! What wood and techniques did you employ to restore the architectural features? Did you scan certain elements to make a 3D model?
Thanks,
J
Very very nice! Russ
AKA: Da Train Guy
Very nice work!! Did you work from photos or did you have some actual parts?
Thank you all for the compliments! All that I learned about CNC router work was picked up from the talented and sharing people here on this forum as well as the Vectric site.
All of the components were made from Cypress, White Cedar and Poplar. I had to scale and draw from really old photos because nothing remained of the original porch except a skirt board found in the carriage house and the 'medallion' above the steps. All of the drawing and modeling work was done with Aspire 4.5. I do have a 12" Z-axis which helped with the machining of the post carvings. This was my first indexer project so there was a bit of a learning curve. SCAN0316.jpgIMG_1310.JPG20160212_100423.jpg20160212_101140.jpgP1010374.jpg
Charlie
PRS Alpha 96x60x12 with Indexer
Aspire 10
Rhino5 with Orca3D
Wow, that's some great millwork and looks awesome. That latticing around the porch is a nice touch. I'm glad someone decided to save that old house.
So how long did the job take from scaling, drawing, cutting?
2006 PRTalpha 96x48
3hp SEV spindle
Vcarve Pro8
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It was about 12 weeks start to finish...I had to modify my indexer on the 8' bed to turn a 6"x6" by 11'-6" post and machining the 4-sided carving on the post took some time to figure out. That carving is 14" across and about 10" high. There are 21 corbels...four different sizes/styles with fan carvings on 12 of them, scallops on the edge of 5 of them. Lots of details...lots of spindles...I was singing 99 bottles of beer on wall while they were running.
Charlie
PRS Alpha 96x60x12 with Indexer
Aspire 10
Rhino5 with Orca3D