I've been wanting to do this for a while after my first failed attempt. Though I've not been into my shop for quite a few weeks, some time was spent on my notebook applying different features to the 3D head forwarded to me by jrmach of Bobcad forum. The object is not to mill out the whole head, which I do not have the necessary knowledge at this point to use the 4th axis correctly. It is to have a go with just the face. The decision is to only mill out the 1st 10mm from the tip of the nose to experiment with the different features provided for in BobCadCam. The Z-Level Rough was use to remove bulk of the material (wood this time for ease and speed of the job) followed by Slice Planar. Cut amount in Slice Planar was set to 0.2mm to try to capture as much details as possible but I'm not able to match up with a smaller diameter cutter; A 6mm ballnose was used with 3mm radius. Roughing was done with a 1/2" endmill.
Some pics:
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| Roughing out with 1/2" endmill |
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| After finishing off with the 6mm ballnose |
Short video showing the 6mm ballnose at work:
I notice during the milling process that the spindle was almost at the end of the Z travel. It was scaringly close. Thank God that I decided to go only for 10mm from the surface (z = 0). Can't imagine what will happen to my mill if I went for 15mm... I've ordered a precision toolplate with cam type fasteners from Hightech Systems. This will raise up the work by the thickness of the plate. From the vpost tracking, it has arrived in Singapore yesterday and should be delivered to me on Monday.
A short video of that:
I also ordered an ER32 holder, some collets, and an ER16 (3/4-16) adapter with this shipment. Hope these are the last I bought for the hobby this year.
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