My chip milling/labeling journey (1 Viewer)

[Davism72]

Any news here? When do you start taking orders?

 

[arch3r]

Any news here? When do you start taking orders?

Getting married (again) next Saturday so all the planning that goes along with that has been taking up most of my free time. When I get back from the Honeymoon, I'll pick it back up.

 

[Davism72]

Getting married (again) next Saturday so all the planning that goes along with that has been taking up most of my free time. When I get back from the Honeymoon, I'll pick it back up.

Congrats! Let me know if you're looking to take on a contract.

 

[FordPickup92]

Getting married (again) next Saturday so all the planning that goes along with that has been taking up most of my free time. When I get back from the Honeymoon, I'll pick it back up.

Have a wonderful wedding and enjoy the honeymoon!!!!!!

 

[markleteenie]

Getting married (again) next Saturday so all the planning that goes along with that has been taking up most of my free time. When I get back from the Honeymoon, I'll pick it back up.

Congrats! Did you mill your own wedding ring? THC of course...

 

[RocAFella1]

Congrats! Did you mill your own wedding ring? THC of course...

Full inlay replacement

 

[arch3r]

Congrats! Did you mill your own wedding ring? THC of course...

 

[markleteenie]

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Nice, even opted for the long cane. That's extra.

 

[arch3r]

Nice, even opted for the long cane. That's extra.

Only the best for my girl! Plus, she tolerates my chipping and even bought me two racks of Joker's Wild fracs for my birthday. I'm all in with this one.

 

[allforcharity]

Congrats, Chris!

 

[Davism72]

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This is a bummer, but nested chips would actually be kind of cool. Like this, but multiple different chips cut at different diameters so you could interlock them.

 

[Jon Udell]

did you ever figure it out?

 

[arch3r]

did you ever figure it out?

Yes, and no.

Yes I got it figured out. Milled a few racks.

But the tolerances are still not to my liking.

I'm still going to tweak it, but being 1/4mm to 1/2mm off from side to side or front to back seems like nothing, but when milling .28mm pocket for the label, it's a ton.

So for now, I'm (slowly) milling on my drill press, and using the CNC for signs and larger pieces where that 1/2mm is not noticable.

I'm still going to eventually get it completely level, but then I have to worry about different thicknesses between chips.

 

[Jon Udell]

The longer you have your cnc machine the more issues you will have with keeping your bed level if it is made of MDF like mine. Its a constant battle.

 

[phcjpp]

Would love any updates if you have them!