Winston Moy | Aluminum Keychain Bottle Opener - Shapeoko Journey Ep. 20 @WinstonMakes | Uploaded 10 years ago | Updated 1 hour ago
Time to step it up a notch and start milling aluminum!
As much as I like the Inventables-designed bottle opener, as a project I think it's an inefficient use of material. Here's my take on the simple task of opening a bottle. In addition, I wanted to add a wrench feature customized to my own needs.
For this project, you will need:
3/16" Aluminum (6061)
1/16" Flat End Mill
Patience
Some pretty safe cutting parameters to start with:
1/16" Flat End Mill
Depth - 0.2 mm (yes, that's a very tiny amount)
Feedrate - 14 in/min
Plunge Rate - 8 in/min
If you work in engineering and/or are enrolled at an educational institution, I highly recommend tools like Creo Parametric or Solidworks. That being said, if anyone has suggestions for alternate, full-featured CAD programs that are more affordable, I'm all ears. I would love to work on a level that's accessible to everyone.
I didn't initially post them [the project files] because the keychain needed some refinement... and then I forgot to share.
I uploaded it to the Shapeoko Forum project page here: http://www.shapeoko.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=4080&p=30586#p30586
Just change the file extension from ZIP to SVG, wouldn't let me upload as SVG weirdly.
I want to avoid posting a .nc file because everyone's machine is different. Spindle, runout, cutter... there's no guarantee my settings won't break someone else's milling bit. Just drop it into MakerCAM, don't forget to set the PPI to 90 for an inkscape SVG.
Outro: LarsM & Side-B ft. Aloma Steele - "Over"
youtube.com/watch?v=QBpZD6rgk3g
via NoCopyrightSound
#NoLube #ILikeItDry
Time to step it up a notch and start milling aluminum!
As much as I like the Inventables-designed bottle opener, as a project I think it's an inefficient use of material. Here's my take on the simple task of opening a bottle. In addition, I wanted to add a wrench feature customized to my own needs.
For this project, you will need:
3/16" Aluminum (6061)
1/16" Flat End Mill
Patience
Some pretty safe cutting parameters to start with:
1/16" Flat End Mill
Depth - 0.2 mm (yes, that's a very tiny amount)
Feedrate - 14 in/min
Plunge Rate - 8 in/min
If you work in engineering and/or are enrolled at an educational institution, I highly recommend tools like Creo Parametric or Solidworks. That being said, if anyone has suggestions for alternate, full-featured CAD programs that are more affordable, I'm all ears. I would love to work on a level that's accessible to everyone.
I didn't initially post them [the project files] because the keychain needed some refinement... and then I forgot to share.
I uploaded it to the Shapeoko Forum project page here: http://www.shapeoko.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=4080&p=30586#p30586
Just change the file extension from ZIP to SVG, wouldn't let me upload as SVG weirdly.
I want to avoid posting a .nc file because everyone's machine is different. Spindle, runout, cutter... there's no guarantee my settings won't break someone else's milling bit. Just drop it into MakerCAM, don't forget to set the PPI to 90 for an inkscape SVG.
Outro: LarsM & Side-B ft. Aloma Steele - "Over"
youtube.com/watch?v=QBpZD6rgk3g
via NoCopyrightSound
#NoLube #ILikeItDry
