Pistons, crank plate, connecting rods, solenoids installed in 3d printed housing and backplate. Once I prove this out I will make the housing and backplate from aluminum (not sure how yet, housing is too big for mpcnc).
The solenoid flanges, rods, and crank plate are all mpcnc contributions. Rest is manual lathe and mill work.
The mpcnc will be put to work cutting counterweights, hopefully tonight.
You can also do air blast if mist coolant looks too messy.
After taking some time off and working on other projects, iv been running the mpcnc a ton in the past week. Couple jobs for work, some for my zenxy coffee table, and a few gifts for people. This one came off today. Nailed it ony second try:
Just plain ole pine. I needed something that was available and took stain well. I’m gonna attempt to fill the carvings with colored resin.
First pour done. Color mixing with dry pigments seems to be a bit of a crapshoot, but perhaps I’ll get better at it. I measured, but with the low volume of resin I was afraid of affecting the cure by putting in too much. Otherwise, im happy so far! Machining time was about 1hr and 4 tool changes for each side. End product will be a rack for mouse ears.
I’m also going to stain the wood dark so the contrast will be improved. 3 days of curing before I can sand and think about all that.
This was also a bit of resin practice before doing the soccer sign…which is more practice before pouring for my ZenXY table!
Getting there. A bit disappointed that I didn’t add the pigment slower, the pink came out darker than desired. Should have mixed in some white…ugh
