



Backyard Workshop is a site for my various hobbies, including my homemade CNC machine, Reprap 3d printer, metalworking on my Enco 3-in1 machine, woodworking, aluminum casting, electronics, and more! I have forums and a community area where you can upload your own picture gallery, have your own blog, or start your own discussions too!
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Jamie
Here's a custom 3D piece that I modeled, programmed, and milled - Pictures and Video! :)
My Buddy Daryl Kyle in Texas makes movie props and swords. He had the idea to make the Sword of Power from the He-Man movie and turned to me for making the elaborate hilt. I tried to hunt down a previously modeled version to use but there was not any to be found (for free and I'm cheap so....) I took some time and modeled it. I started out in Lightwave and got the basic shape down, but recently I have been working more with Maya so I converted it to that format and continued.
I also used Mudbox for some sculpting to tweak a few things here and there
Next I loaded the piece into Artcam as a relief and generated a roughing toolpath and then the 3D milling toolpath
Here's some pictures throughout the process and the (kinda long) video of it being milled :) and I'll post pictures of his completed sword when he's done too
Thanks for checking it out!
Daryl's made some progress and here are a few pictures from his side of things! Mock up of hilt on the sword, wax mold, and bronze castings - Very cool stuff!
Here's the video - I decided to host it here AND Youtube because YouTube is SOO slow lately
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