Labyrinth - PNG - wife supplied
Laser cut prototype
Tool path - I’m doubtful this will work, too much heat
16ga
It came out great!
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You took the proverbial ‘umbrella for rain in the sunshine’: It worked to ward off the bad karma.
Great job! Your wife really gives you some challenges. It appears you are always up for them.
Thanks, we’re having a little concrete pad poured today, then out in the garden he goes!
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I don’t know the answered my question from earlier. How thick can you cut with that laser?
That’s not a straight forward answer for us. We have both the gun and a mountable XY head. We can run compressed air, nitrogen or oxygen. Then there’s steel, stainless, aluminum, copper and brass. I really don’t have an answer yet.
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Haven’t been on here lately.
Mainly cause I’ve been doing a lot of small projects one of which was this little backstop I needed for the project below -
The backstop will come in handy for this next project as I’m expecting to make 40 sets of these.
Here’s just half a set -
Nuts welded in place for mounting pieces together -
Just need to head out and grab an air over hydraulic bottle jack. Used to have one on my Swag Offroad press brake but I got rid of the press itself as I didn’t like the bends it created.
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Are we going to see a laser cutting at your shop in the near future?
You are becoming quite the You Tuber also.
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Thanks. The laser cutter/welder was put on the boat a week ago. Should be here around August 10th or so.
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My garden shaman is finally home!
7 months in the making. Every step of the way was a new learning experience: making a low-poly design out of steel (watched a ton of paper craft and cosplay construction videos), making a wire buck and forming steel with an english wheel (watched many custom car body work videos), forming a curved surface with 3D scan data, creating a curved-surface flat cut pattern using Blender’s UV unwrapping and finally pouring an mounting base using Quikrete and anchor bolts. Are there mistakes? Hell yes, would I do things differently? Of course. Will these things bug me when I see him, no way. When I turned him over to my wife for coloring and accessories, he took on a real personality. Whereas I saw him for months in the shop as a muffler with a head. Everyone that’s seen him is blown away. I’m glad my wife challenged me with her request. Every step of the way, I learned a new technique and fabrication skill. Please branch out from your comfort zone, after all, its only steel.
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Perfect attitude!!
I think you have encapsulated the attitude that allows such exploration. Bravo!
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Looks great. It seems like it will attract aliens and Indian voodoo. Good job, though, and good luck with your soon-to-be encounters of the third kind.
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Are you kidding us?! If I stumbled (or possibly staggered) across something like that in the middle of the night I’d hustle my butt out of there in a HURRY!
No one will be bothering Craig with THAT in place! Good job indeed!
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I’m hoping the local deer think the same way.
Cut up a few sheets of 14 gauge. Few custom signs but mainly yard and house metal art.
I’m not exactly sure but maybe a hundred different pieces.
They still need a soak and then they all need to be finished in one way or another.
I’d have to add up exactly how much time but there is a lot of cutting time here.
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When you cut, YOU CUT!
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Well, if you are going to spin up the tool, may as well get everything.
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That’s impressive. What’s the center image of the large compass rose in the last picture?
I gotta get better about setting up enough cuts to use up whatever I load to the table. I end up cutting one or two things, offloading a partial sheet, loading different gauge,… The result is multiple partially used sheets. For a small timer like me it’s not too big a deal, but still not the smartest thing to do for sure.
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Heck with the Sign! Show us the machine!!!
Nice work. The first pic threw me off a little bit trying to figure out what it was… 