Toothbrush Stand "The Snout" cnc
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Why On Earth Create Such An Object? I'M A Father Of 3 And All Of You Sharing My Fate Probably Know It Really Hard To Get You Kids To Do Things Like: Clean Up The Room Or Even Place The Used Toothbrush In The Holder. This Is My Attempt Of Making Them Do It ... With Fun! ... Plus I Had The Urge To Create My First 'Real' 3D Object. Using A Cnc To Cut A 3D Relief Is Very Popular, But Due To The Limitation Of My Machine I Left It To A Few Unexciting Trials So Far. This Time I Was Determined To Go The Whole Way. Staring Out With The Demand Of A Actual 3D Object I Used Sculptris Too Paint A Pigs Snout. After A Few Minutes I Had A Usable Result. Simplifying The Resulting Stl In Meshlab (Reducing The Triangle Count) I Went Over To Fusion360 To Create The Final Stand Shape. I Had To Scale The Part, Cut Off The Top And Extrude The Foot. The Result Were Two Versions: One With The Relief On Top And The Stand Extruded And One That Had Only The Top Containing The Relief. That Is What I Used As My Material Thickness Was Limited To 20 Mm. The G-Code Was Generated With Estlcam. The Parameters Are Quite Clear. I Made Two (Smaller) Test Cuts, First On Styrofoam, Then On Mdf. The Final Result Was Cut On Oak. A Second Layer Gave The Thing It'S Final Thickness. Estlcam Lets You Extrude The Contour Of A Stl, So This Was A Fast Operation. Apart From The Prolonged Machine-Time A 3D Relief Takes I Was Rather Unhappy With The Results From My Desktop Cnc By [Stepcraft](Https://Www.Zenziwerken.De/My-Cnc). The Z-Height Seems To Be Too Unstable And Was Leaving Streaks On The Surface. The Cutting Process Itself Went Well. I Used A 3 Mm Upcut Endmill Especially Designed For Wood To Remove The Most Of The Material And A 3 Mm Ball Nose End Mill To Get A Smooth Surface. Not Even Sanding The Workpiece Did Not Remove All Of The Streaks, But A Little Mineral Oil Showed The Wood Structure And Made The Object Ready To Be Used In The Bathroom. Visit Https://Www.Zenziwerken.De/En/ For More Interesting Designs. I Have Not Tried To Print The Stl, But I Suppose It Will Work On A Fdm-Printer.
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