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My new creation with my Badog CNC,plastic edge lit Xenomorph

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29 March 2016 at 16:11 #232292
paul asselin 1
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A new project with my badog CNC ,it's an edge lit in plastic of an Xenomorph the alien creature of the movie franchise Alien ,it took me 5 hours tole finish it, with a 0.1 stepover et and a 0.3mm mill.
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29 March 2016 at 16:11 #31126
paul asselin 1
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29 March 2016 at 17:39 #232309
V8Eng
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Stunning work, very impressive.

How about putting up a photo of the whole panel in the lit up state (please).
29 March 2016 at 17:52 #232312
mike T
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@miket56243
That panel looks absolutely fantastic and the blue edge lighting is stunning.

Where did you get the STL. file from?

Five hours of machining at what feed rate?
29 March 2016 at 17:55 #232314
Michael Gilligan
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Posted by V8Eng on 29/03/2016 17:39:59:

Stunning work, very impressive.

How about putting up a photo of the whole panel in the lit up state (please).

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+1

It looks amazing … Please let's enjoy seeing the whole thing, in a decent resolution.

MichaelG.

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P.S. some details of the 'badog' would also be of interest.
29 March 2016 at 19:42 #232336
Neil Wyatt
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@neilwyatt
Very nice job! Wouldn't murky green be more appropriate?

Neil
29 March 2016 at 19:46 #232337
SillyOldDuffer
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Very good indeed, though it does remind me of my mother-in-law…
29 March 2016 at 20:18 #232349
Ed Duffner
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@edduffner79357
I like that!

Thinking aloud, an archaeopterix fossil design with orange/amber lighting could be nice.

Ed.
29 March 2016 at 21:43 #232375
Dod
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Very good looking and impressive but – It took you 5 hours to do and how much CNC machine time

Edited By Dod on 29/03/2016 21:44:49
29 March 2016 at 21:47 #232376
Harry Wilkes
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@harrywilkes58467
Brill !!!

H
30 March 2016 at 08:14 #232405
mechman48
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Amazing detail there Paul; CNC is way out of my league but I applaud people who can grasp it, well done.

George.
30 March 2016 at 08:51 #232410
pgk pgk
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@pgkpgk17461
Superb.

Now you need to make something similar but larger, suspend it from a drone and fly slowly over the churchyard at night
30 March 2016 at 15:24 #232492
paul asselin 1
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Posted by V8Eng on 29/03/2016 17:39:59:

Stunning work, very impressive.

How about putting up a photo of the whole panel in the lit up state (please).

Sure,sorry i thought i uploaded it ,here you go
30 March 2016 at 15:27 #232494
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Posted by Dod on 29/03/2016 21:43:24:

Very good looking and impressive but – It took you 5 hours to do and how much CNC machine time

Edited By Dod on 29/03/2016 21:44:49

It took me 5 hours of work lol.
30 March 2016 at 15:30 #232498
MW
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Just look at the detail and you can see why, it's a work of art, did you convert the image to a depth map?

Michael W
30 March 2016 at 15:30 #232499
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Posted by mike T on 29/03/2016 17:52:39:

That panel looks absolutely fantastic and the blue edge lighting is stunning.

Where did you get the STL. file from?

Five hours of machining at what feed rate?

more of the time of the step over then feed rate. used a 0.1mm stepover and the stl was just an image in grayscale that i transformed into a heightmap with BMP2CNC software.
30 March 2016 at 15:45 #232506
paul asselin 1
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Posted by Michael Walters on 30/03/2016 15:30:43:

Just look at the detail and you can see why, it's a work of art, did you convert the image to a depth map?

Michael W

Thanks Micheal,appreciate it, i just transformed the image into a heightmap with BMP2CNC software,easy and smooth.You seem like you did this before, tell me more what did you work on.
30 March 2016 at 15:59 #232511
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Posted by mechman48 on 30/03/2016 08:14:17:

Amazing detail there Paul; CNC is way out of my league but I applaud people who can grasp it, well done.

George.

Thanks George, no i don't think it's out of your league, you can do anything you set your mind to, i started from 0, now i can do this, I live in Switz, where i bought the Badog machine, the company gives free courses (safety) and for basic uses,the owner himself gave me awesome tips and showed me how it's done,I won't lie to you,i'm a bit slow learner,so i kept getting the free courses until i got it, they were cool with me.I think you should give it a try.
30 March 2016 at 16:00 #232512
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Posted by Neil Wyatt on 29/03/2016 19:42:22:

Very nice job! Wouldn't murky green be more appropriate?

Neil

thank , haha why not
30 March 2016 at 16:07 #232514
MW
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@mw27036
Nice, the result speaks for itself really. I have done it in a manner of speaking but not as well! I practised on a home made conversion program with making pictures onto small brass and aluminium plates. I taught myself G and M code through the free program mach3 and flashcut CNC. Like you said, change the image to grey scale. .TAP and .NGC files i used to make the code once i altered the jpeg.

So, not much really i'm just a humble onlooker.

Michael W

Edited By Michael Walters on 30/03/2016 16:08:27
30 March 2016 at 16:23 #232518
paul asselin 1
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Posted by Michael Gilligan on 29/03/2016 17:55:59:

Posted by V8Eng on 29/03/2016 17:39:59:

Stunning work, very impressive.

How about putting up a photo of the whole panel in the lit up state (please).

.

+1

It looks amazing … Please let's enjoy seeing the whole thing, in a decent resolution.

MichaelG.

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P.S. some details of the 'badog' would also be of interest.

here you go

what i have now is badog X2 with a 2 kw milling spindle water cooled instead of the standard Kress,it's a swiss, so it's regid, i can even mill metal plates with it,here is the link take a look http://www.badog.ch/en/cnc-shop/cnc-machines/badog/badog-x2-cnc.html i exchanged it and got extra money too with someone ,i gave him the badog artisian 22,never had a problem with my old one, that's why i didn't want to change the brand.and it's all good.
30 March 2016 at 17:28 #232525
Michael Gilligan
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Thanks, Paul

I will have a look at your **LINK** later, and probably drool a lot.

MichaelG.
30 March 2016 at 17:40 #232528
Bob Stevenson
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…..Being a bit dense here!…so who is the original artist who created the image that you used?…was it you?

Edited By Bob Stevenson on 30/03/2016 17:43:11
31 March 2016 at 15:47 #232686
paul asselin 1
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Posted by Bob Stevenson on 30/03/2016 17:40:06:

…..Being a bit dense here!…so who is the original artist who created the image that you used?…was it you?

Edited By Bob Stevenson on 30/03/2016 17:43:11

no just ripped it off the web, needed to test my machine.

Edited By paul asselin 1 on 31/03/2016 15:49:16
31 March 2016 at 15:49 #232687
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Posted by Michael Gilligan on 30/03/2016 17:28:42:

Thanks, Paul

I will have a look at your **LINK** later, and probably drool a lot.

MichaelG.

haha enjoy.
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