I've been looking at CNC milling of wooden speaker parts for a while, initially in respect of building some PA cabs that are available in the US as milled parts, but more recently as part of construction the Linkwitz LXMinis. The latter has a speaker baffle and tweeter mount which can be handily machined from MDF or even better, HDF, for a really clean result. I've used both jigsaws and hand-held circular saws to cut these kinds of part, and I've never really had good results. There are also some types of part e.g. undercut, ledges etc. which are almost impossible to do, at least without a router (don't have - yet!) and even then, some skill is required.
In principle, this is easy, right?
In principle, this is easy, right?
- Make a suitable drawing, with incredible accuracy with a drawing, even a CAD, programme
- Load it into a CNC programme, with an attached mill
- Press the button
- A perfectly formed thing emerges; like the rhino from the block of stone, all the not-bits have been excised
So let's see if that's the case. To liven things up, the Reading Hackspace guys have a CNC mill, which may or may not be useful, but it means there's something to have a go on and some new people to meet.
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