A New Toy

[grendel]

Just before lads week my new toy arrived, a CNC router, not any of your cheap Chinese made either, this was made in the UK, with good support.

Its taken me a while to finish putting it together, but it's done, and I have been working on the software side of things, to get the results I want.

Anyway, now it's done and I felt I should share the results.

[ExSurveyor]

Now that is a nice toy.

[Bikertov]

Lovely toy !

Some people make their own single-layer PCB's with a CNC router. You just need a very fine cutter for it.

[grendel]

I have cutters on order, this was the smallest that came with the machine, depth of cut just 0.2mm

[Ray]

Cool! 😁

[WherryNice]

Now that is a toy! Lovely bit of kit Grendel, I'm not jealous at all.......

[floydraser]

Crikey. It must be good to meet your exacting standards. What jobs do you have lined up for it?

[grendel]

It is a CNC Router, so whatever I draw up, it will cut to an accuracy of 0.1mm, the connection to the broads is that one of the first tasks will be finishing off the new electrical panels for Water Rail in traffolyte, so it will involve cutting out for the switches and fuses etc as well as the engraving for the labels.

other tasks, well whatever needs doing.

and as for not Broads related- well thats why its in the Broadscot Lounge, which is the area for non broads related stuff.

[JanetAnne]

He's a clever chap that Grendel

This cnc malarkey all started when he turned one of my cardboard mockups and rather dubious drawing into the programme to make this facia panel, seen here populated and ready to fit

 

 

[grendel]

Next to test the multi layer traffolyte label material, using a 30 degree pointed bit, I think it came out nicely, now we just need the panel to be a few mm smaller to fit in the engraving area, and the panel sizes for the panels I have.

[grendel]

The small size labels here are 40mm X 20mm outside size.

[Bikertov]

19 hours ago, JanetAnne said:

He's a clever chap that Grendel

This cnc malarkey all started when he turned one of my cardboard mockups and rather dubious drawing into the programme to make this facia panel, seen here populated and ready to fit

 

 

That is wicked, as the yoof of today say !

Very, very professional looking, and love the "Water Rail" legend at the bottom.

I can see @grendel making a little sideline business out of this, and all NBN boats having lovely looking switch panels, dashboards (or whatever the correct nautical term is) and the like.

[RumPunch]

1 hour ago, Bikertov said:

That is wicked, as the yoof of today say !

Very, very professional looking, and love the "Water Rail" legend at the bottom.

I can see @grendel making a little sideline business out of this, and all NBN boats having lovely looking switch panels, dashboards (or whatever the correct nautical term is) and the like.

No, these days it's 'sick'

[Bikertov]

2 hours ago, RumPunch said:

No, these days it's 'sick'

No, that's what my staff seem to call in every day 🙄 

[grendel]

I have continued to explore what this fine machine can do, so far I have managed to create this from a photo

 

[grendel]

and this for my parents for christmas, using the inbuilt clipart

 

[scaniaman]

Whose a clever Grendel then. 

[grendel]

Trying some new tricks today, lightly engraving onto aluminium, then washing over with printing ink, and wiping off the excess.

[grendel]

Another test of the process in progress

[Ray]

That's fantastic! Beautiful work Grendel 👍

[ExSurveyor]

Looks brilliant Peter, are you taking orders yet 

[JanetAnne]

5 hours ago, grendel said:

Trying some new tricks today, lightly engraving onto aluminium, then washing over with printing ink, and wiping off the excess.

Ooh you clever sod!

[ZimbiIV]

If you warm the plate a bit first, about 40c, the ink will flow in the etching smoother and be easier to wipe off.

This what we did to prove printing plates were suitable to print banknotes from.

paul

[Smoggy]

24 minutes ago, ZimbiIV said:

If you warm the plate a bit first, about 40c, the ink will flow in the etching smoother and be easier to wipe off.

This what we did to prove printing plates were suitable to print banknotes from.

paul

Bank of england or russian mafia?

[ZimbiIV]

Smoggy,

It was ligit.

De la Rue.

I went there for 42 years,

sometimes I worked.

Remember the 3 day week, we did that with a 4 day overtime, the factory had it's own genny set.

paul