Thread: My 3 axis skull...in progress

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The rotate linkage rubs the nod linkage, but it's just a matter of bending the rod arm to clean the linkage..

Here's the first of 3(or 4) build videos, starting with a clean skull, cutting away the plastic for rod clearance.. the videos say it's a 2-axis build, but they are really going to be 3-axis.


YouTube - 3-axis skull How-To 1

I like the plate you used to attach the rod to the plastic. So far, your video clears up a lot of gray areas of this.

I am wondering, will a Dremel will work just as well as a drill press for cutting out the bottom of the skull?

Thank you for posting.

Dremel... hmm... Well, if you have a dremel cutter blade or cutter drill bit to actually cut away the area just behind the nose.. because it's plastic, it will melt as you cut it. You might try using a hole cutter(door knob cutter) to cut away the extra. I used the sabre saw to cut a line straight to the front on either side of the rear nose area and tried to cut sideways but the shoe of the saw wouldnt let it go, so I used the drill cutter bit...

That's a better idea. I have some hole cutters I use to make fog chillers.

You'll have to run the drill at slow speed, I found the faster, the hotter, the goooier, so run the drill at slow speed..

I learned that lesson with the plastic coolers I used to make fog chillers. Almost broke my nose. Serves me right for trying to overdo it on quality control.

OMG Captn thanks so much for the videos. They clear so much up. It's much easier to follow and understood whats going on. Keep the vids coming!

Jaime

For you luv, anything... I've got two others to upload if YouTube would get the server back up, will be tomorrow I guess...

A dremel is what I used to cut away mine too. YES slower speed, its MELTS !! hehe.

Originally Posted by dionicia

I am wondering, will a Dremel will work just as well as a drill press for cutting out the bottom of the skull?

I use my dremel with a 3/4" sanding drum to widen the holes out. I draw the outline of hole with a sharpie and sand to the mark. It does it fairly quickly and leaves the holes smooth. Another easy way to do it is with a soldering gun and a piece of #14 bare copper wire as the tip, makes a nice plastic cutter.