New build with recycled parts on a ridiculous budget 120cm*60cm work area

[Desertboy]

Fusion does produces nicer renders than turbocad for sure even with drafts.

[Zeeflyboy]

Good to see you're getting into the swing of things with fusion.

The adaptive machining is invaluable... yesterday I was whizzing around with a 10mm roughing cutter at 2000mm/min and 10mm Depth of Cut - unthinkable with conventional machining strategies and such a relatively flimsy machine.

[Desertboy]

Good to see you're getting into the swing of things with fusion.

The adaptive machining is invaluable... yesterday I was whizzing around with a 10mm roughing cutter at 2000mm/min and 10mm Depth of Cut - unthinkable with conventional machining strategies and such a relatively flimsy machine.

I haven't looked at the CAM yet I wanted to get to about the same standard in Fusion as I was in Turbocad first so I'm comfortable editing models but interesting to read ;)

I think TBF on turbocad this is a properly set up render



I think it's pretty bloody good for a cad render.


e2a fusion can create some nice shots with little effort

[Desertboy]

Finally got it on my big dug benchs, almost like they were made for the router ;)

I'm going to have 1 continuous piece of ply under the router and MDF as the bed inside the frame on the supports.

I need the continuous piece for the vac bed, it will be slightly framed out so I can suck evenly across the bed.



Just need to cut a piece of chipboard for a shelf and I can start wiring up finally but not going to have much time till next week.

[AlexDoran]

Are those benches from rapid racking lol

[Desertboy]

Are those benches from rapid racking lol

Big Dug benches, I've had them years so long I forgot I had them lol, they're rated for 400kg's each shelf so not worried there but these would be an expensive way to get bench for the machine if I had to buy them new.

I bought only the metal frame and bought the ply locally which was a lot cheaper than buying the kits but it still cost me £110 for both of them I could frame it out with extrusion cheaper than that but I have the benches so will use them for now.

At some point though I want the benches back so will need to source a more permanent solution.

[Neale]

My only concern with those benches is that they will take the weight fine, but once that gantry starts moving about, there's a lot of force trying to move the benchtop in the opposite direction. I have similar Big Dug racking, which is fine once bolted to the wall in a few places, and my old router sat on a similar bench. Might need a bit of diagonal bracing to resist the movement?

[Davek0974]

Fusion does produces nicer renders than turbocad for sure even with drafts.

Would be good to see a "how to" video or sequence when making Fusion renders - I can do basic stuff and have done some assemblies but nothing this good ;)

[Chaz]

Would be good to see a "how to" video or sequence when making Fusion renders - I can do basic stuff and have done some assemblies but nothing this good ;)

There is a very good one on Youtube, taught me alot about the options available for lighting etc. Im sure a quick search will find it.

[Desertboy]

Would be good to see a "how to" video or sequence when making Fusion renders - I can do basic stuff and have done some assemblies but nothing this good ;)

I'm still learning fusion I imported the model from turbocad but I'm comfortable enough now to make every part in this just not assemble it yet lol once I crack the assembly I'll have a proper look at rendering.

I have the autodesk getting started pdf's including section on rendering can't find the link I got it from now but PM us you email and I'll email it you.

6 meg so won't let me upload here.

I have 5 years+ experience in turbocad which has helped take the edge off the learning curve but it's still a curve lol.

Personally couldn't get on with the videos but with a dual monitor setup would be ok, I downloaded the pdf onto tablet so I could have 2 screens. I found PDF's easier though and the PDF's are just written versions of the video tutorials.

I do have a 2nd monitor but it's going in the arcade table but I might borrow it temporarily ;) I ordered a few tutorials to be getting on with mostly to do with component assemblies, sculpting, simulation & making models for injection molding. So will need to a decent solution to learn from videos.

Be nice to do high quality renders but for what I do the renders would be more for me, like a lot of you renders look nice but the CNC machine doesn't give a shit about that lol.