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I've been building competition model sailplanes for about 60 years. I recently purchased a 3 axis CNC router. (x=6", y="35.5", x=24")
I use the machine to cut ribs & formers and to make mold plugs & negative (female) molds for fuselages and hollow molded wings.
Most of my work, now, is with composite materials like Carbon, Kevlar and Glass.
My most recent project is a fuselage pod 32" long and 2.5" in diameter. It is a basic cylinder, tapered on both ends, with a hatch area cut out. The tough part is.... the cylinder does not have a straight center line. It is "drooped".
The "droop" makes using a normal lathe impossible.
I machined a beautiful plug on my CNC router using epoxy soaked MDF but I would like the plug to be more durable. In the past I have made both steel and aluminum plugs on the lathe and then milled in the hatch area. My router won't handle that.
I'm looking for a machinist willing to tackle the job. I will e-mail .iges/.igs files of the plug. An estimate of cost would be important because I may be asking for something I can't afford.
Jim
I use the machine to cut ribs & formers and to make mold plugs & negative (female) molds for fuselages and hollow molded wings.
Most of my work, now, is with composite materials like Carbon, Kevlar and Glass.
My most recent project is a fuselage pod 32" long and 2.5" in diameter. It is a basic cylinder, tapered on both ends, with a hatch area cut out. The tough part is.... the cylinder does not have a straight center line. It is "drooped".
The "droop" makes using a normal lathe impossible.
I machined a beautiful plug on my CNC router using epoxy soaked MDF but I would like the plug to be more durable. In the past I have made both steel and aluminum plugs on the lathe and then milled in the hatch area. My router won't handle that.
I'm looking for a machinist willing to tackle the job. I will e-mail .iges/.igs files of the plug. An estimate of cost would be important because I may be asking for something I can't afford.
Jim