u/BoxAndLoop

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Designed a little helper.

Nothing dries out the air as wood chips and dust.

So i designed a little organizer out of cherry and aluminum.

For those curious, my last post about CNC woodworking had a 85% upvote. Could have been my design or people's feelings on CNC process.

u/BoxAndLoop — 10 days ago
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Digital woodworking. It should feel like cheating but doesn't.

I always wanted to make things with my hands.

I have the will but not the space. I am limited to a corner of a room and my solution was a 3D printer and a small CNC. Both are 300x300.

Personally, the CNC is a many-in-one tool. It can plane, cut, engrave, drill, chamfer, etc. It does it all very slow but it only takes up a small corner. I don't have a space for all the sepqrate tools that do all that. I don't even have space for a workbench.

So it was either a CNC or no woodworking.

It is also easy to look at the final cutout shapes and call it cheating/cutting corners. With the amount of computer work it takes to bring it forward, it feels opposite. I do plan to turn this into a business to cover the expenses of this hobby, so it makes sense to me to automate the busy work. I still need to sand and finish the wood which is the best part.

It is also a bonus that it can cut soft metals. What can be better than brass and walnut?

u/BoxAndLoop — 14 days ago