[Jewelry making - Article 00044] - [Orchid] Uses for the small CNC milling machine

[Nicholas and Felice]

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    I don't do a lot of waxes on my small CNC mill, but I went on a
    creative spree this week using it to rapidly cut out and engrave
    charms/earring elements directly in sterlining silver. I put up
    details on my blog: 

    http://tinyurl.com/3dy7z6 

    Although the jewelers saw gives squarer corners, as long as you
    design with corner fillets of the same or larger radius as the
    endmill you use (1/32" dia, so.015" radius in the case of these
    earrings), you can get some pretty fine detail. 

    The diamond drag engraving is a fun technique as well. I did get a
    spring loaded holder (Bits & Bits) after I took these pictures, but
    if you take care to ensure the flatness of the mounting & sheet, you
    don't need it. 

    Anyone else have non-wax related jewelry uses for their CNC mill? 

Nick
www.cartertools.com/nfhome.html


 
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