[RainMan 2.0]

Sweet ! Love things like that

A few LEDs under the leading edge of the bottom plexi would light the edges up for an added effect

 

[RainMan 2.0]

Thanks Phil . This is too funny , as earlier I was wishing there was a video lol

 

[RainMan 2.0]

I’m really loving this setup . Not to bastardize what you’ve done , but someday I’d like to enlarge this by about 4 times and use a low rpm motor to turn the center mounted on the backside and have this as a wall display .

I don’t know how well a cnc would cut 1/2” lexan , but if the gears were made out of lexan , they could be highlighted by LED lighting also .

 

[RainMan 2.0]

Bastardize away! Lexan/Polycarbonate is easily machinable with the right bits. Generally, a single flute upcut "O" works well on polycarbonate. To be honest, acrylic would be fine and a LOT cheaper.

Plexi comes in 6 mm and lexan comes in 12mm . Lexan is a fortune here . Actually I bought a piece of 6mm plexiglass which was about 18” x 24” and it was $35 , and the guy told me it would normally be $70 if he had to cut off a sheet , but it was a piece left over from another cut.

Pretty sure a 4x8 1/2” sheet of Lexan was well over $1000 ten years ago . Hate to see it now

 

[RainMan 2.0]

Get your machine and experience up to speed and go work for a sign shop :wink:
then you'll have access to a wide range of goodies. Less the wood tho :surprise:

I’m probably going to go with UCCNC for the machine software , so I suspect it won’t be of much value elsewhere