Matthias Wandel I understod that he wanted to make a template with the CNC to be able to use pantorouter repeatedly as he doesnt have a CNC of his own.
I unfortunately don't have a CNC, I thought about building one since last year and even had a full on research and material list ready for when I go to China in July to collect all the necessary hardware, but I found that it was going to cost way over my budget. For the pantorouter, apart from the linear bearings that I had to pay full price which was the price of very good drawer runners in Australia, I was able to get almost 50% off for the marine ply used (the rest were scraps I got from the bin from local hardware store, I know right, they actually let you do that). I think the use of the school CNC shown in the video might very well be the last time of me using it, because I was able to justify using it by saying it was for the pantorouter which I did for a school subject (some of my teachers might be watching this, so that just blew the last cover). The pantorouter isn't the best machine for the job, due to the amount of flex that exists in mine (mine has about 0.5mm when nudging the pantograph operator lever at the collect of the router, 0.2mm of flex when pushing the plunge lever), but the fact that the templates are two times larger than the finished workpiece, makes them a lot easier and safer to make by hand, which is what I plan to do for future versions of the wooden watch.
Nice innovation with this use of the pantorouter. The wooden watch is a cool concept; it is amazing to see you bring it to reality. I'm also thinking about aluminum as a potential material...or maybe brass.
aluminum and brass would be materials better suited than wood to make watches, but they are very prone to scratches. Nevertheless, I would probably try making one out of brass or aluminum, maybe casting it.
Inness Pirrie I thought about the copy carver, but the template needed for it needs to be exact same size as finished product, which for some small parts(strap pieces) is very hard to do by hand, i know that i cheated this time by using the cnc at my high school, but for future versions of the wooden watch i'll be making the templates by hand (because i'm in my high school's debt)
would it not make more sense to just try to carve these straight on the CNC?
Matthias Wandel I understod that he wanted to make a template with the CNC to be able to use pantorouter repeatedly as he doesnt have a CNC of his own.
I unfortunately don't have a CNC, I thought about building one since last year and even had a full on research and material list ready for when I go to China in July to collect all the necessary hardware, but I found that it was going to cost way over my budget. For the pantorouter, apart from the linear bearings that I had to pay full price which was the price of very good drawer runners in Australia, I was able to get almost 50% off for the marine ply used (the rest were scraps I got from the bin from local hardware store, I know right, they actually let you do that). I think the use of the school CNC shown in the video might very well be the last time of me using it, because I was able to justify using it by saying it was for the pantorouter which I did for a school subject (some of my teachers might be watching this, so that just blew the last cover). The pantorouter isn't the best machine for the job, due to the amount of flex that exists in mine (mine has about 0.5mm when nudging the pantograph operator lever at the collect of the router, 0.2mm of flex when pushing the plunge lever), but the fact that the templates are two times larger than the finished workpiece, makes them a lot easier and safer to make by hand, which is what I plan to do for future versions of the wooden watch.
Is the loose one that comes with Aoben router 1/4 collet?
Yiyong Leng no, i bought a 6mm collet on taobao, unfortunately i wasn't able to test it until i came back from china
"I can probably fit another elephant down there" lol
Nice innovation with this use of the pantorouter. The wooden watch is a cool concept; it is amazing to see you bring it to reality. I'm also thinking about aluminum as a potential material...or maybe brass.
aluminum and brass would be materials better suited than wood to make watches, but they are very prone to scratches. Nevertheless, I would probably try making one out of brass or aluminum, maybe casting it.
Steven Zhang www.originalgrain.com/products/whiskey-barrel?c3ch=Pintrist&c3nid=PIN-626735563070&pp=0
Christopher M. Craig yes i am aware that there are many wooden watches sold on the market
Steven Zhang they never hit my radar before your project came across
Great idea! I'm sure you'll tune it up and it will work out great!
Robert O'Connell thankyou so much for your support!
Very good idea but what maybe could of been better was Matthias wandels router copy carver and that's not too hard to build. Good job though
Inness Pirrie I thought about the copy carver, but the template needed for it needs to be exact same size as finished product, which for some small parts(strap pieces) is very hard to do by hand, i know that i cheated this time by using the cnc at my high school, but for future versions of the wooden watch i'll be making the templates by hand (because i'm in my high school's debt)
alguém conhece o desenho em corel
does most of you shop problems come from Chinese equipment haha