pesbes6062 wrote:I still enjoy turning and if you look at the finished project, you will see a few turned parts that I used to finish off the candlesticks. The pens were basically all done with the CNC machine. I built the CNC because I wanted to make a hollow spindle like some guy shows doing on a ShopSmith. I looked at the process he was going through and realized there had to be a better way, and there is.
As far as CNC goes in general, the things I can do with the CNC machine only enhance my woodworking capability and let me be more creative and accurate. Look closely at my profile picture on eBay and you will see a carving of the US I did to hold the state quarters. This detail and accuracy would have taken days or months by hand, but with the CNC I was able to make some for family and friends as Christmas presents.
Welcome to this forum. Your imagination is exemplary! Execution is not too shabby either!;)
We do like pix and appreciate heads up on interesting online videos.
Please do keep in touch!:)
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I am Happy to add "Manny Thanks" to both holsco for calling our attention to this innovation and to pesbes6062 for joining us to further explain his thinking and willingness to share information.
Wow! Who knows where innovations like this will take us in the future? Thanks for sharing pesbes6062! Especially for us old guys that will never venture into utube or facebook. Being an engineer and CFO, you must really have your stuff together to be able to design and build CNCs.
Yes, we would really like to see a slide show of putting this thing together.
Octogenarian's have an earned right to be a curmudgeon.
Chuck in Lancaster, CA
Welcome to the forum and thanks for the slide show. I can see where it might be useful. I have been wanting to make a hollow spindle table I saw at JC Pennys, but have not tried it yet.
Thanks for all the responses. It helps. No exactly what I am looking for. Still thinking about the best way to build one. Probably better to buy the craftsman router crafter. Thanks Larry
Being an engineer and CFO, you must really have your stuff together to be able to design and build CNCs.