CNC carving a large transparent seahorse with the Shapeoko XXL
By Dennis Van Hoof, from Top o' Arts (topoarts.com).
This video shows the process of carving a large, transparent seahorse out of maple and epoxy resin, with with a small seahorse made out of blue epoxy resin inside, using the Shapeoko XXL.
Software used:
- Meshmixer to modify all the individual bones and pieces
- Vectric VCarve to generate the tool paths
- UGS Platform to send the Gcode to the CNC
Materials used:
- Maple wood
- Crystal Clear epoxy resin (from the Epoxy Resin Store)
- Duo Blue-Green Mica powder (from PearlEx)
- 1/4 upcut end mill: Amana Tool #46577-K
- 1/4 downcut end mill: Whiteside #RD2100
- 1/8 tapered ball nose bit: Amana Tool #46286
- 1/16 tapered ball nose bit: Amana Tool #46281
- 1 1/8 surfacing bit: Amana Tool #45525