CNC Router challenge

[Pete Prodoehl]

This one might be for Shane or Matt....

How hard do you think it would be to make a boomerang on the CNC Router?

The bottom is (basically) flat, while the top would be milled down and
then cut out at the end.

Thoughts?

Pete

[Shane]

Easy as pie, man. Let me at it. Which kind of boomerang design are
you talking about?

[Pete Prodoehl]

I've only used the "standard" design myself... though it's been probably
10 years since I threw a boomerang. :)

Let's talk about it at the meeting tomorrow night.

Pete

[ma...@neesley.com]

Is that all you got? :p

 

Easy-pieeezy Japanesee!

 

I can work on it for you this weekend.  Soon enuff?   

 

[Pete Prodoehl]

Well heck, let's just have a boomerang making competition then!

But seriously, I think it would be awesome to have it as a thing we can make at the space... a good demo of the CNC Router, and we could, you know, maybe use the laser to etch our logo into it as well.

Some good photos and a write-up, and who knows what blogs might mention it. ;)

Pete

[Shane]

Only a portion of the site is in English, but here:
http://www.boomerangpassion.com/english.php

On Jan 23, 3:04 pm, Pete Prodoehl <ras...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Well heck, let's just have a boomerang making competition then!
>
> But seriously, I think it would be awesome to have it as a thing we can
> make at the space... a good demo of the CNC Router, and we could, you
> know, maybe use the laser to etch our logo into it as well.
>
> Some good photos and a write-up, and who knows what blogs might mention
> it. ;)
>
> Pete
>

[Jason Hilleshiem]

I am totally down for some boomerang action. It will give me a reason to use 3d profiling on the cnc.

[Shane]

I've got two designs ready to fly, so-to-speak.

I might stop in tonight and cut one for a test....

[Claude Prinsloo]

Any chance you guys want to share your files? I built my own 1.5m x 1.5m CNC machine earlier this year, and have only been cutting 2D items so far. A boomerang would be great as a first 3D object.

Please share!

   Thanks,
    Claude

[the_digital_dentist]

OK Matt!  Let's see Kuka mill an giant boomerang from a sheet of foam!  Maybe something about 4' long...

[Shane T.]

Claude:
Unfortunately, the files are 2D.  The idea was to cut them out, then sand them down for the proper airfoil shape.