Yes, we did the rose.
We are painting the male letters and the v carving, hoping to have it done by Monday.
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Yes, we did the rose.
We are painting the male letters and the v carving, hoping to have it done by Monday.
Just gone a new plotter pen (mini sharpie) for the bot and it works great.
It was made by a school down the road that has a metal CNC.
more sign work.
We are almost done just need to have a student do some hand work and touch it up.
Done, we still need work on the best way to paint but from where we were two weeks ago this is outstanding.
more picture
Plotter pen makes a great banner.
Ken that's pretty cool. Info on the plotter pen holder please. We might need to buy one here. What program did you do the chair drawing out of, V-Carve Pro?
After ten years of begging we just got a 32" buddy for our shop here. The kids are really getting onto doing things on it.
More info. On the plotter pen can be found on the forum in the for sale items, or if you have a metal shop with a lathe and a good teacher you can make one.
Made the drawing in pro-e and the tool path in aspire, plotted it out on a 3'x4' sheet.
Final broke a bit:eek:
Had a student:
1. Press spindle start button
2. Click start the file
3. Hit ok.
Is there a way to have the bot not run unless the spindle is on?
Sorry Kyle, Having a student break a bit doesn't get YOU in the "Club":) Mount broken bit on sign next to "Did you start the spindle?". Bet you they don't do it again for quite a while.:)
I have done it all but, brake my own bit.
Sad day sending in the control board in to get the air drill working and she will be down for a week:(.
The bot is back!!
And the air drill runs, wow is that loud.
Thanks, Scott and Jeremy for tech support.
New sign!!
doing some new stuff in class (pockets and profiles) with superhero art:)
Kids/I are learning what pocket allowances are and how much you need to have for parts to inlay.
Had to cut the red rings twice, first ones did not fit so we took off .015" and they fit like a glove (with a .020" pocket allowance)
This is the art we are working from.
Slow today, it took me till the last picture of #53 to see what you were doing:)
Lots of lessons in that project.
Done, this was the example that the whole designed, cut and painted.
Next they all get to do there own.
One more to show the 3d of it.
It will hang with a French cleat.
Oh no I used there and not their.:eek:
It's always nice to see the excitement from the 'new kids' :D
It's a good reminder to seasoned users how much we take these machines for granted sometimes.
Carry on & keep having fun!
-B
Here is some student work
And more...
Last one...
iPad only lets you post one at a time:mad:
cute stuff...
students are learning along with teacher
now time to lean towards some production files...
cab parts, carved panels ect...
We have all outdoor line already on the books.
20 min. Per chair cut and drilled (love the air drill)
Checkout the woodworkers link at the bottom of the page.
plotter pen work
Final projects...
PC stand, almost done
Still working
Last drawer.
Who like bikes?
All good stuff there Kyle! You guys have really done well in the last 4 months! Will the Bot be all yours for the summer now?! ;)
Upgrading the DC, learning to make cabinets with the bot, testing out new bits.
Just put an a/c in the PC lab:D that blows into the cnc room to help with the heat from the vac table it also keeps the table from going crazy with the humidity.
Kyle, what did you wind up with for DC ?
1500 v-system
It's great just got the ducting up today.:)
Good you went HEPA. Like Oneida-only have dust deputy, but have emptied canister 5 times and just checked Fein Hepa and only slight discoloration of filter facing inlet with maybe a 1/4 cup of fine dust in bag.
New toy, new toy and just in time for school.
Still need to run the duct from the DC but it is running. :D
Thanks to the desktop crew that sent me some files to get my tabletop in working order.
Wow, 3 ips never looked this fast on the PRS alpha.
I am glad to see this equipment in a teaching environment. I looked back this post and I am suprised that someone didn't ask if the collet was snapped into the collet nut . Dave described it very good to align the wrenches so you squeeze them with one hand. Also I liked the idea of tying the wrenches together so you can loose them both at one time. That will save me so much time.lol.. Overall . a lot of good info and some great work by your students. For cabinet software look at cabinets parts pro , it may have been included with the shopbot . Very easy to set up and learn and wont break the bank if it was not included. Keep up the good work.
Looking GOOD Kyle!:)
Now you just have to find some decent hardwood(try cherry-You'll like it) and a nice 60Vbit and you can Play with small graphics and fonts. :)
3 IPS IS fast, for us little people you'd find. Start thinking Lilliputian instead of Brobdingnagian.:)
Good Job cherry-picking for your needs.
scott
The kids were very happy to see a seconded bot in the shop at the start of school.
I have been looking at CPP and it seems easy just need to get the setting right so it makes boxes the way I do.
How fast do you run your desktop Scott?