4-sided CNC carving a female torso with a 3D rotary setup for the Shapeoko

By Dennis Van Hoof, from Top o’ Arts (topoarts.com).

This video shows the process of carving a 3D female torso out of a weathered branch and rain forest green epoxy resin with the manual rotary setup for the Shapeoko XXL.

Software used:
– Meshmixer to create the 4 sides of the 3D female torso
– Vectric VCarve to generate the tool paths
– UGS Platform to send the Gcode to the CNC

Materials used:
– Floral epoxy resin (from the Epoxy Resin Store)
– Rainforest Green liquid dye (from Pinata)
– Spring Green Mica powder (from PearlEx)
– Surfacing bit to flatten and pocket the stock: WhiteSide #1027A
– Extra long roughing bit: Amana Tool end mill #46590
– Extra long finishing bit: Amana Tool ball nose #46490

Referenced videos:
Female torso out of plywood: “CNC carving a female torso out of plywood – with the Shapeoko” https://youtu.be/J9CsbgKV55o
3D rotary setup for the Shapeoko: “3-sided rotary CNC routing with the Shapeoko – carving a Koi fish” https://youtu.be/-reSew5u5Oc
3D earth with the rotary setup: “Carving a spherical Earth with epoxy oceans – 4-sided 3D rotary CNC routing with the Shapeoko” https://youtu.be/3wOF3UhW9fA

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