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10. Textile Scaffold

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✙Documentation Workflow✙

This week we had to create:

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Assignment Criteria: Week 8
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⚑CNC MILLING⚑

Henk gave us a tutorial in 2D and 3D milling with the CNC machine in the FabLab.

The CNC is the most powerful and dangerous machine available to us, so it was important we felt confident using the machine and understood all the steps and safety procedures.

Safety Procedures

  • Always watch and be present with the machine when you are working with it. Never operate the CNC under pressure or stress. Make yourself aware of the emergency stop button and pause button for the programme.
  • It is important to ensure you have nothing on you that is loose or dangling that might get caught in the machine. For this reason avoid loose clothing and jewellery when working the CNC and ensure long hair is tied back in a bun.
  • Ensure there is nothing obstructing the machine in any of its 3 axises of movement. Keep your work space organised.
  • If there are spectators or other people in the space, ensure they are well away from the machine when it is on.
  • Ensure you know where the fire exstinguisher and fire exit is. If you hear or see metal parts, screws etc. coming into contact with parts of the machine when it is operating e.g the milling bit this will get very hot and produce sparks. It is important you check your material for any metal parts or screws and be mindful of the tool pathway to avoid contact with any screws used to secure the material. If this happens, immediately turn off the machine and the extractor. Release the dust bag and empty the contents.
  • Wear safety goggles and earmuffs to project yourself when using the machine.
  • When you are finished it is your responsibility to decide which material can be used again and which materials need to be thrown away.

Here is the CNC machine in the Fab Lab! CNC milling is a form of subtractive manufacteuring that uses a cutting tool mounted on a rotating spindle. This spindle can rotate up to 18000 times per minute. It uses computer code generated by software such as ShopBot and Vcarve to understand where to cut. This allows us to manafacteur more complex geometries and the larger bed and z axis allows us to cut much thicker, bigger and varied materials. Like most other machines in the Fab Lab it works on an X,Y Z axis. The computer is oriented so that the user can use the keyboard in alignment with these axises.

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