CNC carving a transparent seahorse - with the Shapeoko

CNC carving a large transparent seahorse with the Shapeoko XXL By Dennis Van Hoof, from Top o’ Arts (). This video shows the process of carving a large, transparent seahorse out of maple and epoxy resin, with with a small seahorse made out of blue epoxy resin inside, using the Shapeoko XXL. Software used: - Meshmixer to modify all the individual bones and pieces - Vectric VCarve to generate the tool paths - UGS Platform to send the Gcode to the CNC Materials used: - Maple wood - Crystal Clear epoxy resin (from the Epoxy Resin Store) - Duo Blue-Green Mica powder (from PearlEx) - 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 - 1/16 tapered ball nose bit: Amana Tool #46281 - 1 1/8 surfacing bit: Amana Tool #45525
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