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By Dennis Van Hoof, from Top o’ Arts (topoarts.com).
This video shows the process of building a violin out of olive wood and spring green-colored epoxy resin using the Shapeoko XXL CNC router and other modern as well as traditional wood working techniques.
Software used:
– Meshmixer to create the 3D violin model
– Vectric VCarve to generate the tool paths
– UGS Platform to send the Gcode to the CNC
Materials used:
– Olive wood (Etsy store: “OliveWoodSupply” in Turkey)
– Ebony fingerboard, nut, and tail gut saddle blanks hardware blanks (StewMac)
– Strings and Supreme Tamarind Violin Fittings Set with Ebony Trim (Fiddlershop)
– 3/4 inch HDPE for the mold panels (“Small Parts” Amazon)
– Crystal Clear and Floral epoxy resin (from the Epoxy Resin Store)
– Pearl Ex Spring Green Mica powder
– 1 inch surfacing bit: Whiteside #6210
– 1/4 end mill: Amana Tool #46577-K
– 1/8 end mill: Amana Tool #46299
– 1/4 down-cut bit: Whiteside #RD2100
– Straight 1/4 ball nose bit: Amana Tool #46294
– Straight 1/8 ball nose bit: Amana Tool #46295
– Conical 1/16 ball nose bit: Amana Tool #46281
Referenced video of the Lock & Key technique for 4-sided CNC: “Lock & Key technique for 4-sided CNC – Carving a Greek column”