No, I still do not want a CNC. But I am curious about a lot of things in life, so I thought I'd pass a couple of questions along to you guys.
This is a side view of the design for one of my Easter Island head banks, and a front view. Then there is a head with a rough, very rough, idea of what the finished bank will look like. The bank will be 5 1/2" wide, which will be 11 pieces of 1/2" plywood. There will be 5 masters (as I call them), or patterns, or templates, whatever you want to call them. The odd width is so I can cut a 1/2" slot in the top, and both sides of that will be the same.
How I will make this bank. The side view pattern will be glued to plywood, cut out with my scrollsaw, as close to the outer line as I can get it, then sanded to the final piece. That piece will be tacked to another piece of plywood that has been rough cut to shape, that routed out, and that will be my Plan B master, in case I screw up the original. I will then cut the original down to the next smaller master, rout that out, repeat until all 5 of my masters are done. Actually 6 masters, if you include the ears, which will be glued to the finished bank, using a kig to properly place them. The masters that will be hollow inside will have the center cut out leaving a 3/4" wall all around. These will be half done masters, because what I will do is to glue all five down, rout them so I have a 1" master, and those will be drilled for nail pilot holes, and used to rout out the pieces for the bank, which will be glued together, and viola, a bank. Somewhere along the line I will also cut a hole in the bottom to take money out.
OK, I got my final design sketched out on 1/4" graph paper, full size, in something less than an hour. I've sketched since I was a kid so might be faster at laying out a design then a lot of people. I will not include any glue setting time. I glue the design down, then cut my pieces out. I never did time how long it took to get all of the pieces for my masters cut out, but know I can do it in just a few hour. Then once the masters are ready, I can rough cut my pieces, rout them out, and glue them together in a glue-up jig. Not sure just how long it will take to rout these finished pieces out, but based on past experience, I'd say roughly under 2 hours, mostly depending on how much cutting is needed. Oh, I also did not include the time to drill nail pilot holes, which will be a one-time thing for each master.
OK, here goes.
How long would it take to set up to cut 1 of these pieces with a CNC?
How long would it take to set up for all 5 different pieces?
How long would it take to cut out 1 piece, from 1/2" plywood?
How long would it take to cut out all 11 pieces, all 1/2" plywood?
And, please don't tell me you can turn out piece after piece, all identical. I already know that, and I can also turn out piece after piece, all identical.
This is a side view of the design for one of my Easter Island head banks, and a front view. Then there is a head with a rough, very rough, idea of what the finished bank will look like. The bank will be 5 1/2" wide, which will be 11 pieces of 1/2" plywood. There will be 5 masters (as I call them), or patterns, or templates, whatever you want to call them. The odd width is so I can cut a 1/2" slot in the top, and both sides of that will be the same.
How I will make this bank. The side view pattern will be glued to plywood, cut out with my scrollsaw, as close to the outer line as I can get it, then sanded to the final piece. That piece will be tacked to another piece of plywood that has been rough cut to shape, that routed out, and that will be my Plan B master, in case I screw up the original. I will then cut the original down to the next smaller master, rout that out, repeat until all 5 of my masters are done. Actually 6 masters, if you include the ears, which will be glued to the finished bank, using a kig to properly place them. The masters that will be hollow inside will have the center cut out leaving a 3/4" wall all around. These will be half done masters, because what I will do is to glue all five down, rout them so I have a 1" master, and those will be drilled for nail pilot holes, and used to rout out the pieces for the bank, which will be glued together, and viola, a bank. Somewhere along the line I will also cut a hole in the bottom to take money out.
OK, I got my final design sketched out on 1/4" graph paper, full size, in something less than an hour. I've sketched since I was a kid so might be faster at laying out a design then a lot of people. I will not include any glue setting time. I glue the design down, then cut my pieces out. I never did time how long it took to get all of the pieces for my masters cut out, but know I can do it in just a few hour. Then once the masters are ready, I can rough cut my pieces, rout them out, and glue them together in a glue-up jig. Not sure just how long it will take to rout these finished pieces out, but based on past experience, I'd say roughly under 2 hours, mostly depending on how much cutting is needed. Oh, I also did not include the time to drill nail pilot holes, which will be a one-time thing for each master.
OK, here goes.
How long would it take to set up to cut 1 of these pieces with a CNC?
How long would it take to set up for all 5 different pieces?
How long would it take to cut out 1 piece, from 1/2" plywood?
How long would it take to cut out all 11 pieces, all 1/2" plywood?
And, please don't tell me you can turn out piece after piece, all identical. I already know that, and I can also turn out piece after piece, all identical.
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