Many examples of furniture CNC routed.

Please post Rhino files and photos of finished project (with solid color background) to this blog.

Design and build a holder using 2.5 axis routing techniques introduced this week.  The holder can function for people (chair, stool, bench, head-rest) or for things (book shelf, laptop stand, table).  Consider using .75″ or 1″ MDF as your material.

Post Rhino files and images of the finished piece on this blog.

Should reservations availability on the Morrison CNC router post a problem, please contact Ali and Zach by email.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2012/02/26/147446679/robotic-bees-one-step-closer-to-reality?sc=fb&cc=fp

• open Machine Operations (MOP) Browser from “RhinoCam 2.0” menu
• open Tool Library Browser from the “RhinoCam 2.0” menu
• In the MOP window, under the “Create” tab, click on “Stock – None” and indicate the size of your stock material [brownish stock material should be visualized]
• Under the “Create” tab of the MOP window, select “Profiling” from the “2.5 Axis”
• Under the “Maching Features/Regions” tab, indicate the curves in your design that are to be profiled
• Under the “Tools” tab, indicate the tool you wish to use for .
• Under the “Feeds and Speeds” tab, indicate appropriate parameters (refer to CMU dFAB “White Book”)
• Under the “Cut Levels” tab, indicate “Total Cut Depth” (thickness of your material for profiling) as well as the number of passes (“Rough Depth/Cut”)
• Under the “Cut Parameters” tab, select “Outside” or “Inside” depending on the type of profiling
• If your design requires “inside edge” profiling as well as “outside edge”, repeat the above steps for your inside profiles also

NOTES on creating designs in Rhino for 2.5-axis routing:

• Create two rectangular curves that represent the bottom and top surfaces of your stock material
• Place bottom left corner of your stock material at the origin
• Your geometry (all curves) should be planar and placed at the TOP of your stock material

TIPS

• In your RhinoCam generated g-code, change “M61” to “M61.1” in order to turn on only the front 1/2 the vacuum table

Xia Xiao Wan makes ethereal three dimensional sculptures by layering painted plexiglass.

“Form Study”

(by no means does he write that these are dildos)

http://salavon.com/work/FormStudy1/image/255/

Two delicious stacks of links about

• Metals in Construction 2012 Conference in general
• Zaha Hadid Architects in particular.

Also don’t forget to return to the 8 Spruce building by Gehry Architects.  What window washing facilities they designed….

http://www.shapeways.com/

This is a 3D printing on demand website. They will print objects that you have created