My New CNC Blank Cutting Machine

Mark Williams

Mark Williams

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And She cooks , cleans and feeds the cow too :D

Nice to have a Real partner in life that takes up the slack for this old man.

I've come up with 3 designs that Deb will be making. I'll be the quality control , but She will be doing all of the work. I'm hoping this can evolve into a nice business for Deb to make some $$ for Daddy :D

She's tried her hand at cutting blanks and even did a pretty good job of grinding the bevels on a blank. Much better than my first :)

I would keep bragging on Her but She broke the bandsaw blade shortly after this photo. Wasnt her fault though, the blade was cracked halfway through in about 30 places ?

This is in the basement of the main house. It was just a wee bit too cold in the barn.

Pics of design number 1 to come soon.

Mark
 

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Your bandsaw has a seat??? Where's the pedals? :p

You're lucky, this morning as my fiance left she came back to complain that the forge was smoking up the house and the whole neighborhood and she's worried about the neighbors. :(
 
lucky, when she gets done cutting yours , send her my way
vern
 
...C@@L Mark
CNC must stand for
cute Nice and charming, all at the same time.. :)
I can't get my CNC to work in the shop at all .. But she works fine in the house with no sharp tools around :D

tell Deb to watch out for her fingers,
I still cut mine from time to time on the band saw :rolleyes: it's funny, I know the Buffer is bad but I get cut from the band saw much more often .. just not on guard so much with it I guess.. :(

OH BTW what are you growing in the back there ? a new type of weed?? :D
 
the only problem with that kind of cnc is it can fight back and make you do all the dishes,

hahahah
 
Dude, make your "CNC" some push sticks. Bandsaws can take of fingers really fast...

Cheers Rody
 
Push sticks aren't as important as being careful, and it's hard to use pushers when making small compound cuts.

But that guide being six inches above the workpiece isn't helping that blade longevity. I realize it's a horizontal/vertical saw, but you might seriouslly look into extending that guide (and probably reinforcing it) so that when you're using it in vertical mode like that, you can position the guides much closer to the work.

Does the table move up? That'd help close that gap some. Save you some expensive bands.

Doc.
 
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