Boris the BeagleBoard dog

[BeeAmaker]

The BeagleBone guys want us to cut an injection mold for this model using the POcket NC 5 axis machine they loaned to us.

www.thingiverse.com/thing:359076

Personally I think this is a very crappy model. Is there anyone that could possibly make a better looking Boris? Even just 3D printed, this model does not do it BeagleBone justice.

[sbassinvader]

I'm not so much a fan of the model, i say it's good enough for a test drive though. If your media is in a collet it has to fit within the confines of the stock dimensions and simplicity is usually good to start with. i do agree though for a rockstar level machine this is like playing at the county fair.

www.mscdirect.com/product/details/02629335

I can get one of these at MSC pretty cheap, or i have a 3x1 bar we can pull a chunk off.

No worries, i have a few things in the works that would be amazing to have a 5 axis CNC for. The question i have is how many videos do we have to make to get to keep it?

[BeeAmaker]

Do you have delrin or HDPE rods or blocks? I'm working on getting a vise that mounts to the table as well so we can do 2x2 blocks.
But lets start with plastics first until we actually know what we are doing
www.mscdirect.com/product/details/63383319

Might be a bit more expensive, but way cheaper than crashing the machine.

Also if you can check pricing for 1/16" an 1/8" ball end mills, 1/8" shank. They are probably cheep enough if you just want to pick a couple of each up I will pay you for them.

Thanks

[jimustanguitar]

Yeah, that model is pretty rough.

If you need a machinable block of material, I've got a whole box of FilaBlend cutoffs that we could chop and melt into blocks.