CNC Shark Forum

I have made a bracket for my Dremel and wanted to see how it worked.

It performed perfectly although the bit I chose was too large.

14000 rpm and no welding of the swarf but nice clean cut. Dremel was nice and quiet too.

It was an ols scratched piece of acrylic I used, wouldn't want to waste anything expensive in case it didn't work out.

We'll see how it goes with a smaller bit. Cheers
Wolffie

What size bit did you use? I use the 90 degree bit that came with my shark. Maybe a little less depth on your cut also.

I did 0.005" depth but I just whacked one of the High Speed 0.01" Dremel cutters in the chuck.
The shank is only 0.0125".
The model wasn't a very good one, rather fuzzy lines.
I am editing it at the moment into a nice clean line drawing.
Then I will try again.
I have plenty of scrap acrylic.

Oh, by the way, how do you fit the lights into the base and how do you make the base?
At the moment I only have clears but RGB are on the way.

Cheers
Wolffie

The bases are pretty easy, ill post some pictures in a bit when I get out of bed.

Wolffie, the attached preview image is from vcarve, I have my shark cut my bases out. The larger piece is the bottom, and the smaller, the top. The pocket cut in the larger, is 1/2 inch wide and 9 inches long, since my carvings are 9 x 6 inches. The pocket is about 1/2 inches deep, and I lay the LED strip in the bottom of the pocket. The profile cut in the middle of the smaller piece is a little wider than 1/2 inches, to allow the acrylic to slide into it easily and lean back for easier viewing, and a little longer also. Its a through cut, which allows the light to pass through the top. I round over the top edge of both pieces for a better profile look, then glue the two together. I drill a hole in the edge of the bottom piece, through to the pocket, run the wire from the plug through it, tie a knot in the end of the wire to prevent being pulled out, then solder it to the LED lights. The acrylic sets on top of the lights. Now your good to go. Hope this helps. Keith

Thanks Keith
Cheers
Wolffie