Fire-breathing dragon axe - with the Shapeoko

CNC carving a fire-breathing dragon axe with the Shapeoko XXL By Dennis Van Hoof, from Top o’ Arts (). This video shows the process of carving a fire-breathing dragon head battle axe out of olive wood, with a blade of semi-transparent epoxy resin, using the Shapeoko XXL. Software used: - Meshmixer to modify the individual pieces - Vectric VCarve to generate the tool paths - UGS Platform to send the Gcode to the CNC Materials used: - Olive wood (from Olive Wood Supply) - Crystal Clear epoxy resin (from the Epoxy Resin Store) - Floral epoxy resin (from the Epoxy Resin Store) - Aztec Gold Mica powder (from PearlEx) - Gold Mica powder (from Stardust Micas) - Pinata Tangerine Orange alcohol ink (from Jacquard) - 1/4 upcut end mill: Amana Tool #46577-K - 1/4 downcut end mill: Whiteside #RD2100 - 1/8 tapered ball nose bit: Amana Tool #46286
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