Assignment #4 What a tool
What a tool!
For this assignment you will use the CNC router to create a device that allows you to make multiples. For this assignment, the tool we are learning is not what produces multiple objects for us.
Examples of these kinds of tools are:
jigs:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=28Nlk1uIuIs
www.woodmagazine.com/woodworking-plans/sanding/one-way-to-make-a-perfect-circle/
table saw jig for cutting acute angles: www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2gl9OEW8tg
Violin jigs: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcJfbjcUDoo
Wire jigs:
jewellerymaker.files.wordpress.com/2008/01/wire-jig.jpg
www.gossamerwingsdesigns.com/images/ear_wire_jig.jpg
4.bp.blogspot.com/_jHVqBBtPAh4/Snyu-hPjDcI/AAAAAAAACH4/d1ExrWofdCk/s400/wire-jig.jpg
Simple wooden looms:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=61jdqH0Ji_4
www.knittingloomfactory.com/portfolio/wooden-infinity-loom-infinity-rake/
www.instructables.com/id/How-to-weave-an-8-strand-braid-on-a-wooden-loom/
dies:
cmu-artfab.org/?p=1782
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www.silversupplies.com/images/metal_forming/daps-dies-punch-forming-45.jpg
molds:
michaelnoland.com/christmas-gifts-candles/
2.bp.blogspot.com/_SJ5S43VGz5Q/TQjIHjVdvRI/AAAAAAAAIbw/hwOpftDS-IU/s1600/cookie+mold+2.jpg
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img0.etsystatic.com/000/0/6500062/il_fullxfull.268398948.jpg
cdn.theatlantic.com/static/mt/assets/food/Custard%20Cream.jpg
ribs:
www.timnobleandsuewebster.com/tnsw_graphic/spinningheads_biog.jpg
www.timnobleandsuewebster.com/tnsw_works/2010_double_negative/double_negative_2010.jpg
Stamps:
thehobbyistworkshop.com/jla/index.php/wood/the-cookie-press
Making joints with a cnc router:
blog.makezine.com/2012/04/13/cnc-panel-joinery-notebook/
Tool Library:
cmu-artfab.org/?page_id=504
Rhino cam video tutorials:
www.mecsoft.com/MillSelfTraining.shtml
Former CMU graduate Gregory Witt: http://www.gregorywitt.com/
Some useful commands for this assignment:
planarsrf: transforms curves into surfaces
extrudesrf: extrudes surfaces that can create depth in your design. surfaces can be joined to form solid shapes.
backgroundbitmap: can allow you to introduce an image in rhino that you can then trace over.
interpcrv: allows you to trace over the image and create a curve.
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