Pictures of things made in Home Shop CNC

looks great. I need to make one for my tailstock as well.
 
I have been working on a wind powered Music box. For me this is a huge project and I expect it to take a year but mostly due to putting it aside to work on other things. Anyway, I completed the gearbox, mounting for the gearbox and the main frame pieces so I thought I would share. I have started working on the mounting for the chime bars and after that the drum and hammers.20161106_110047.jpg
I Bought the gears and bearings.

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Once I complete all the parts, I will sand them smooth and my vision right now is to anodize all of the aluminum.
The frame pieces were about 1/2 inch to long to mill in one setup. I milled the left half first and then if you look closely you can see a "square" hole in the middle that I used as a reference point to mill the right half.
I also still need to counterbore some of the bolt holes for Cap head screws.
 
jbolt said:
This is why I love CNC. 10 minutes to CAD and CAM, 12 minutes to machine and another 10 minutes to debur and clean up where the tabs were.

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Nice work!

Good idea on the tailstock having the scale face mounted like that to see the numbers better.

I have a similar setup but it is flat against the stock body and not easy to read the numbers because it is at an angle when looking down. Have to retrofit mine to the angle.
 
Cadillac STS said:
Nice work!

Good idea on the tailstock having the scale face mounted like that to see the numbers better.

I have a similar setup but it is flat against the stock body and not easy to read the numbers because it is at an angle when looking down. Have to retrofit mine to the angle.
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Thanks Cadillac. I didn't want it on top of the tail stock like I see many people do because I have a tendency to lean on it while taking long cutting passes. And as you say it can be difficult to read when mounted on the side. The only drawback is it can interfere with the tool post when using a center in the tail stock. In those cases I loosen the clamping screw and slide it back on the quill.
 
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