foamex... to cnc or not??

[GEOFFREY]

Hi Wilfy

I made some 1/24th scale dolls houses and the bow window is cut (on my cnc router) from 2.5mm foamex board.

Sorry the picture quality is not the best.

Regards
Geoff

[WandrinAndy]

I made some 1/24th scale dolls houses and the bow window is cut (on my cnc router) from 2.5mm foamex board.

That's really beautiful.... Is that all your work Geoff?

Btw, unless you prefer to keep it secret, where abouts in Britain are you based?

[GEOFFREY]

Yes, the dolls house carcase is cut from 6mm mdf. The roof tiles are a cast resin panel made in a silicon mould from a master cut from thin ply. The doors were cut and engraved (1.6mm ply) and the bow window foamex.


The other windows were proprietary plastic ones. I no longer use these windows as I cut all my flat windows in 1.6mm ply. My wife does the decoration. Glad you like it.


No secrets with regards to my location which is Morton, a village near Bourne, Lincolnshire.

[wilfy]

Yes, the dolls house carcase is cut from 6mm mdf. The roof tiles are a cast resin panel made in a silicon mould from a master cut from thin ply. The doors were cut and engraved (1.6mm ply) and the bow window foamex.


The other windows were proprietary plastic ones. I no longer use these windows as I cut all my flat windows in 1.6mm ply. My wife does the decoration. Glad you like it.


No secrets with regards to my location which is Morton, a village near Bourne, Lincolnshire.

you know hes gonna stalk you now dont you

that house is awesome, i first read it that the whole thing was made out of foamex.. but only as thats what i wanted to hear/see. when you say the bay window is foamex are you talking the whole panel with the wall?? or just literally that thin frame of a window?

[GEOFFREY]

Only the bay window was cut from foamex to enable me to "flex" it into the required shape. The mdf was cut using a 3.175 cutter and the foamex/ply with 1mm.

[WandrinAndy]

you know hes gonna stalk you now dont you

Yep, already located Bourne on google maps... Didn't realise Lincolnshire went that far south... Geoff's almost a "Southerner" ;-)

[GEOFFREY]

Andy, Idid visit Leeds once, but was lucky enough to find the exit (the place is full of northerners).
Regards,G.

[WandrinAndy]

Andy, I did visit Leeds once, but was lucky enough to find the exit (the place is full of northerners).

Lol, I've noticed the large percentage of Northerners up here Geoff! Lol

They've become quite civilised though.... only since they were introduced to electricity I'm led to believe.

At least that's the way it seems to an alien like me ;-)

[Psychosonicsid]

Hi Wilfy

I made some 1/24th scale dolls houses and the bow window is cut (on my cnc router) from 2.5mm foamex board.

Sorry the picture quality is not the best.

Regards
Geoff

Sorry to barge in on this post only 9 years late... I am very impressed with your dolls house and am looking at doing something similar for model rail 1/19th scale. Having never used a CNC router before this is going to be a sharp learning curve and before I splash the cash wondered about the type of CNC router / bits and speeds used. If you still pick up this thread could you please give a little starting advice on what equipment would be needed to start something like this? I have computer graphics and programming experience and understand the basic concept of G-code, but beyond that I am a total newbie. Am I biting off more than I can chew? Many thanks