Made this for my canadian uncle
Thanks to my wife for flipping the light switch on from off-camera hehehe. Just was never satisfied with traditional LED faux neon lights, so I thought I’d invent something new why not. I’m calling it EFOC (epoxy fibre optic channel).
It always starts with an SVG (as I am a haggard old webmaster I like to use Figma)
Then into the ol Bendler (gratuitous 5120x2160 screenshot)
Humble beginnings here
She may not look like much but she’s got it where it counts kid and she’s loud as frig
The time has come for resin
Ewwww and I thought this was a family blog
Snow flakes anyone? Accidentally skipped to the second toolpath here and shot right through the whole first 8mm in one fell swoop YIKES (no breaks though somehow)
Sparkly clean. Not even a sharp down-cut bit could do this.
ЯEDЯESIN
Uhhh dude where’s my island
404 toolpath not found. Looks like you’re missing something there Tex.
Oh well, tirelessly into the dust bag we go.
Found it right next to a case of mesothelioma
Nothing a little fibreglass can’t fix. (Pay no attention to my flagrant disregard for safety here.)
Blackerish (Spray paint… not great but smells good and it’s quick)
The first reveal… wow. Wish I had some black MDF like @AlFa… maybe soon… this project was a no-new-purchases joint, all scraps and old end mills etc.
Z offset wasn’t quite right at first… As I always say, “If at first you don’t succeed, mumble until someone screws something else up”
Or as my wife said when I showed her this, “that looks like liquorice”
