{"id":2520,"date":"2017-07-24T07:00:44","date_gmt":"2017-07-24T14:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/?p=2520"},"modified":"2018-01-01T10:33:38","modified_gmt":"2018-01-01T17:33:38","slug":"just-milling-about","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/?p=2520","title":{"rendered":"Just Milling About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So it&#8217;s been a few weeks since my last post but only because I&#8217;ve been head-down in a new project: learning CAD and CAM for milling on a CNC machine.<\/p>\n<p>Way back at the <a href=\"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/?p=1125\">beginning of the year<\/a>, I was excited to have a brand new tool added to my pimping arsenal: a CNC Machine. The only issue was it was a kit I needed to build and I&#8217;m not so handy with building things this complex.<\/p>\n<p>The project progressed in <a href=\"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/?p=1150\">fits <\/a>and <a href=\"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/?p=1444\">starts <\/a>until just a few weeks ago, I finally got everything all together and running.\u00a0 I had to take a quick detour and clean out the garage and cobble together a quick workbench table to have room to run it all but I was able to knock that out in a weekend.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>With everything prepped, I grabbed a <a href=\"https:\/\/boardgamegeek.com\/filepage\/129936\/pitchcar2mini-adapters-svg\">template off BGG<\/a> and set it up using a trial version of Fusion 360.\u00a0 I have to say, the resources <a href=\"https:\/\/www.millrightcnc.com\/\">MillRight CNC<\/a> have put together on their site is outstanding and the direct responses from them for questions I&#8217;ve sent have been amazing.\u00a0 They really go above and beyond supporting their customers on what could easily be a nightmare project.<\/p>\n<p>The my workspace ready and my machine up and running, I imported Flashhawk&#8217;s PitchCar mini-converter SVG and got to cutting to test it all out.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZYlVE7q65No\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>As you can see from the video, the machine definitely did its job.\u00a0 The cut was nice and everything worked as it should.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/first-cnc-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2496\" src=\"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/first-cnc-3-300x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/first-cnc-3-300x400.jpg 300w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/first-cnc-3-198x264.jpg 198w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/first-cnc-3-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/first-cnc-3-600x800.jpg 600w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/first-cnc-3.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Punching out the piece was easy and cleaning up the &#8220;tabs&#8221; that hold the piece in place while cutting will be easy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/first-cnc-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2495\" src=\"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/first-cnc-2-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/first-cnc-2-400x300.jpg 400w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/first-cnc-2-198x149.jpg 198w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/first-cnc-2-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/first-cnc-2-600x450.jpg 600w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/first-cnc-2.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Just one little issue&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/first-cnc-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2494\" src=\"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/first-cnc-1-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/first-cnc-1-400x300.jpg 400w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/first-cnc-1-198x149.jpg 198w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/first-cnc-1-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/first-cnc-1-600x450.jpg 600w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/first-cnc-1.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So obviously there are some scaling issues but the test was successful and I&#8217;ve been working up several new concepts that I&#8217;m eager to complete.\u00a0 The first step has been taken, now the real challenges begin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So it&#8217;s been a few weeks since my last post but only because I&#8217;ve been head-down in a new project: learning CAD and CAM for milling on a CNC machine. Way back at the beginning of the year, I was excited to have a brand new tool added to my pimping arsenal: a CNC Machine. 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