This is a fun little project, a square bowl with a fluted exterior. 3-1/2" x 3-1/2" x 1-1/8" high. Wood is unknown, very hard, fine grain, part of a packing crate for a jet engine shipped from Japan.
I finally broke down and bought a CNC wood router. Millright CNC used, new to me. In the past I've been using metal working CNC's, too much trouble to clean up after using on wood.
Part was done using free Fusion 360 CAD and Vectric software that is include with a good many CNC wood routers. Created 3D models in Fusion for the interior and exterior and projected the toolpath onto the models. A bit of a learning curve in Fusion because I haven't used it in recent years. Vectric is much more user friendly. If it was a round bowl the whole thing would be a piece of cake in Vectric.
Cutter was a 1/4" diameter HSS cutter, same as 1/4" router bit. No sanding at all, wood is hard enough for very clean cuts. Didn't time it, might have been 10 minutes cutting, mostly for the interior. Setup on the machine, maybe 2 hours or more since I don't have the best set of hold downs.
I finally broke down and bought a CNC wood router. Millright CNC used, new to me. In the past I've been using metal working CNC's, too much trouble to clean up after using on wood.
Part was done using free Fusion 360 CAD and Vectric software that is include with a good many CNC wood routers. Created 3D models in Fusion for the interior and exterior and projected the toolpath onto the models. A bit of a learning curve in Fusion because I haven't used it in recent years. Vectric is much more user friendly. If it was a round bowl the whole thing would be a piece of cake in Vectric.
Cutter was a 1/4" diameter HSS cutter, same as 1/4" router bit. No sanding at all, wood is hard enough for very clean cuts. Didn't time it, might have been 10 minutes cutting, mostly for the interior. Setup on the machine, maybe 2 hours or more since I don't have the best set of hold downs.
