For those of you who might not know me,********************Im an engineer, Foundry worker, CNC operator/somewhat programmer, pattern maker.
I've designed up a 671 blower and i am machining the pattern right now, this is the build and i'll have a video hopefully by the end of this month.
For anyone who likes manufacturing, how things are made or just wants to show support for an American manufacturing company, you can follow us on ******************** We post all of our builds and will be taking you through the in-depth processes that are required to manufacture a product.
If anyone has questions, feel free to ask.
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also, If you have questions please ask them on the thread, that way everyone can read them. I've found that most people tend to ask questions that someone else has already asked.
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Day 6-
Machining pockets into the 1" aluminum plate that will be the pattern board, the blower pattern will be located and mounted on this board.
Done
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Machining the pockets
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1" aluminum plate setting up for machining
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1 of 2 coreboxes, rough cut
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Day 3-
Finished, The Lines you see are just pencil marks, now just need to mount it to a board, flip it and machine the underside pockets and cope coreprints
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3rd layer finishing cut
Third layer cut and glued, rough cutting it then finish cut with a 0.25 ball mill, should be done today then start cutting the core boxes next week.
Second layer completely done, will cut and finish the top tomorrow.
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Finishing cut on the second layer, tolerance ±0.0005, Z level drop is 0.0020. Half way done
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a photo of the CNC machine cutting the pattern, im cutting this in 3" layers of renwood. The layers are just super glued together then i post-process the tool paths and drip-feed it to the machine. This photo is of it doing a Z plan cut and leaving a 0.0500" machine stock.
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This photo is the designed pattern i am cutting.
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This photo is what the finished casting will look like.
I've designed up a 671 blower and i am machining the pattern right now, this is the build and i'll have a video hopefully by the end of this month.
For anyone who likes manufacturing, how things are made or just wants to show support for an American manufacturing company, you can follow us on ******************** We post all of our builds and will be taking you through the in-depth processes that are required to manufacture a product.
If anyone has questions, feel free to ask.
---------------------------------------------------------
also, If you have questions please ask them on the thread, that way everyone can read them. I've found that most people tend to ask questions that someone else has already asked.
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Day 6-
Machining pockets into the 1" aluminum plate that will be the pattern board, the blower pattern will be located and mounted on this board.
Done
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Machining the pockets
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1" aluminum plate setting up for machining
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1 of 2 coreboxes, rough cut
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day 3-
Finished, The Lines you see are just pencil marks, now just need to mount it to a board, flip it and machine the underside pockets and cope coreprints
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
3rd layer finishing cut
Third layer cut and glued, rough cutting it then finish cut with a 0.25 ball mill, should be done today then start cutting the core boxes next week.
Second layer completely done, will cut and finish the top tomorrow.
-------------------------------------------------------------
Finishing cut on the second layer, tolerance ±0.0005, Z level drop is 0.0020. Half way done
-------------------------------------------------------------
a photo of the CNC machine cutting the pattern, im cutting this in 3" layers of renwood. The layers are just super glued together then i post-process the tool paths and drip-feed it to the machine. This photo is of it doing a Z plan cut and leaving a 0.0500" machine stock.
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This photo is the designed pattern i am cutting.
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This photo is what the finished casting will look like.