5AXISMAKER – Sculpture – Sculpting a Bust in Mahogany Hardwood – 5 axis milling hardwood



This is an example of 5 axis simultaneous milling of a solid block of Mahogany hardwood 150x150x100mm/ 6x6x4in into a sculpture, total machining time 5 hours.

Roughing pass done in two parts indexically (3+2 axis)
Tool 6mm 4 Flute carbide end mill at 15,000RPM, Feed 5000mm/min (196ipm) DOC 2mm (0.07in)

Finishing pass done in 5 axis simultaneously.
Tool 4mm ball end mill Carbide at 15,000RPM Feed 3600mm/min (141ipm) Final stepover 0.5mm (0.02in)

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5 axis CNC Mill & 3D Printer

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« About this project »
This video is a part of case study 01.
https://www.5axisworks.com/sculpture

« Software »
G-code done on our in-house built grasshopper script http://www.5axismaker.com/software/
Fusion360 by Autodesk https://www.autodesk.com/products/fusion-360

3D model https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:131296 by chrisniederer

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music by Johnny Rock https://soundcloud.com/johnnyrockmusic

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