Anyone with access to a CNC wood router?

[Tim Wescott]

I'm not going to actually need this information for months, if not a year, but -- does anyone have, or have access to, a CNC wood router?

I'm planning on my next plane to have a fully molded balsa fuselage, and I'd rather start with milled bucks than build them up myself (partially out of plain old laziness, and partially so it'll match from side to side).

It's either get them routed out of some suitable wood, or get myself a 3D printer and make a whole bunch of sections to stick together into a whole.

[Howard Rush]

Another thought would be to laser a bunch of stations and hot wire foam between them.  Better yet, buy or make a CNC router and strike a cutting-exchange deal with a guy with a laser.   

[Curare]

I'm not going to actually need this information for months, if not a year, but -- does anyone have, or have access to, a CNC wood router?

I'm planning on my next plane to have a fully molded balsa fuselage, and I'd rather start with milled bucks than build them up myself (partially out of plain old laziness, and partially so it'll match from side to side).

It's either get them routed out of some suitable wood, or get myself a 3D printer and make a whole bunch of sections to stick together into a whole.

Tim, were you in Western Australia I'd be able to help. Sadly I think the shipping prices might kill you!

[Tim Wescott]

Tim, were you in Western Australia I'd be able to help. Sadly I think the shipping prices might kill you!

Thanks -- yes, I did ask this on a group local to me before (literally) throwing it out to the world.

It'd be fun to come pick them up, but just getting a CNC router would probably be cheaper.

[jfv]

You can have it printed at https://craftcloud3d.com/ a 3D printing service for a reasonable price.  Here's a picture of Tom Luciano's new fuselage I had printed for him.  Six pieces.

[spare_parts]

Check facebook locally. The surface needs some help near the tail before you can get a toolpath out of it.

[Tim Wescott]

Check facebook locally. The surface needs some help near the tail before you can get a toolpath out of it.

I know the surface has problems and needs to be fixed.  That's the second loft I've ever done with a 3D CAD program, so I was neither surprised nor cast into dark despair when it wasn't perfect.

I did check with local-ish modelers on facebook, but I'll open up the search a bit -- that's a good thought.

[Igor Burger]

Another thought would be to laser a bunch of stations and hot wire foam between them.  Better yet, buy or make a CNC router and strike a cutting-exchange deal with a guy with a laser.

Or buy or make CNC foam cutter and cut those stations (tapered) from 2" blue foam and glue and sand them. It will be also useful for cutting foam wings. Guess how I know? :-P There is also set of available software for such cutters.

https://www.devcad.com/eng/devcncfoam.asp

EDIT: sorry, now I found whole thread about CNC foam cutter, I see I must read SH more often