So this is my first double sided job! Kind of excited on how it turned out. Also learned lots… Like make sure you account for your alignment pins ;). Yeah that scared the shit out of me…
So the pin… I am standing there and I hear an ungodly sound from hell and see something shiney fly! I hit the pause and shit off my router and go over to fine the pin missing. I look and look and look and can’t find it. Then I found it tucked up under the price down in a t track. Can’t get it loose or moved I figured I could fire back up since it’s clear.
Nope… Turns out my vacuum sucks… It picked up the pin out of it’s wedged hiding spot gets stuck between the spinning bit and shifts the piece. Yeah that for the estop button… Ran down to the hardware store, no screw to fit the aluminum spacer, and pick up a screw. Came back, checked the bit, aligned the board, pulled the alignment pins. And the rest was mostly uneventful.
I find the 1/4" grooved wood dowels bite really good. I cut to the length needed and if I hit one, that’s OK. Something about a metal dowel near my tool path never felt good to me.
Finished off the boot jacks for a friend.
Made from iroko, which was a worktop in its previous life.
I hate to waste good wood so the support for the jack is made from the piece cut out for the heal. Pocketed in 6mm and glued.
Nice work. I like the boot jack style. Did you design it yourself or find a pattern somewhere. I’ve been having a mental block on how to make it look good.
That really came out awesome. Ive tried it before using trace image without success. after reading your post i was able to import what i wanted but when i went to add tools to cut it it say no vectors chosen. How do you get the vectors to show up?
I was glad it worked, I used the import image tool and then the 3D rough and finish on the photo part (selecting the octagon vector only) with a couple additional tool paths for the border and words
Think i figured it out. I imported the The picture file in the design tab first. which is a little confusing because i get a warning saying it does not recognize that type of file but it will import the vectors. That is what was missing. Then I went to the model tab and imported the file again. then i was able to select the vectors in the toolpaths section. Very confusing.
Sounds different than what I did by importing the image .png, not the vectors. Then made a polyline vector around it to select for 3D tool paths, but as long as it works!
Thanks.
I just found a design on ETSY that I liked, drew up one half and mirrored it across before adding the text/motif. To make life easier with the clean up the first cut (on the line) was with a Whiteside 1/4"
round-over bit, followed by the 1/4" endmill outside the line.
The overall size is 12" x 5".
It was a learning experience for sure! In my mind… The metal pin was week clear. I actually machined the first side and got no where near but… The tabs I added were smaller than I thought. I now will post attention where everything is a little closer but… The wood dowels are a good idea and if your so goof you should be good…
And the rest was mostly uneventful.
