CNC carving a huge T-rex skeleton with the Shapeoko XXL

CNC carving a huge T-rex skeleton the Shapeoko XXL By Dennis Van Hoof, from Top o’ Arts (). This video shows the process of carving a pony-sized 3D T-rex skeleton out of more than 40 pieces of black walnut, with teeth and nails made of glow-in-the-dark epoxy resin, using the Shapeoko XXL. Software used: - Meshmixer to modify all the individual bones and pieces - Vectric VCarve to generate the tool paths - UGS Platform to send the Gcode to the CNC Materials used: - Crystal Clear epoxy resin (from the Epoxy Resin Store) - Pearl White Mica powder (from PearlEx) - Glow-in-the-dark Green Mica powder (from the Epoxy Resin Store) - 1/4 upcut end mill: Amana Tool #46577-K - 1/4 downcut end mill: Whiteside #RD2100 - 1/8 Spiral O-flute: Amana Tool #51410 - 1/8 ball nose bit: Amana Tool #46295 - Extra long (4 inch) roughing bit: Amana Tool end mill #46590 - Extra long (4 inch) finishing bit: Amana Tool ball nose #46490
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