Before buying Carbide Create Pro

[hungonwood (Tony Hung)]

Would anyone happen to know if Carbide Create pro would be able to carve this 3d object?
Component2.stl (561.8 KB)

It will be a part for this project that im working on

[WillAdams (William Adams (Carbide 3D))]

Sort of?

You’d need to make several files, cut it in two parts which would need joinery, and it would need at least two fixtures.

That said, if you want to make such designs, I suspect you’ll be happier with a 3D CAD and 3D CAM program pair such as:

Alibre Workshop CAD/CAM

and I’d recommend a book on fixturing such as:

Jig and Fixture Handbook

or

Jigs and Fixtures: A Reference Book Showing Many Types …

For an example of making a stand pretty much entirely manually see:

Making a base for a model

Given a prototype base: [image] How to make it in Carbide Create? First, we have a pixel image with some dimensions: [F-86 base scan with measurements] We import that into Carbide Create: [image] using “Set Background”: [image] and adjust for size: [image] [image] It’s then a matter of drawing and toolpaths and so forth (we will try to do it w/o Create Pro, but will also show that). For reference, there is an overhead view as well: [DSC00036]

[hungonwood (Tony Hung)]

Thanks William, I was planning to have the bottom and the large holder to be separate carves, and probably use dowels to connect the holder to the base. I was mainly concerned about the holder, especially with that U shaped piece on the front.

I think it might be better to carve the holder as a single piece, then hand route the U

[Stankus (John Stankus)]

Tony,
A couple of things on this design. If you are planning on making it out of wood, you will have some short grain issues (possible failure points) in the arm. This may make it a bit fragile.
One thing I may suggest on your joinery for the arm, is to cut a pocket for the base of the arm, but put some through holes in it, so you can come up from the bottom with screws, and don’t have to cut dowel holes in the end of a small piece (though you could do the pocket, with the dowel holes through the base, and use that to align your drill in the arm).

When I look at your design, the toughest part in my view is cutting the slot in the end of the arm. The shape of the arm would be easy to cut from one side, but that slot ( I assume it is a holder for something) being 90 degrees from how I imagine cutting the arm. Could you make the arm two piece? That could ease the short grain issue and the slot cutting issue. (I think…)

John

[mhotchin (Michael Hotchin)]

I don’t think you even need Pro. Once the arm is laid on its side, it’s constant thickness, so just needs the perimeter cut.

The base is much the same, a perimeter cut and a pocket would do it.

[jrobe (Jim Roberts)]

I don’t think a CNC machine is even the best tool to make that. I can make that better and faster with much cheaper tools. Just saying.

[hungonwood (Tony Hung)]

yep, I came to that conclusion very quickly after posting! haha