I’ll preface this with the fact I know my calibration is out of whack - I deliberately did just a 3x3 and used the values to see what would happen even though I knew it was out a little.
But still, for me it’s very exciting - i’ve done a bunch of woodwork / 3D printing etc, but this is my first foray into CNC - and being able to cut something like this is awesome - hexagons are just a massive pain to do generally.
HA! That’s cool…the first thing I cut with my M4 was a hexagon for my bestagon (wife). It’s become a little inside joke between the two of us ever since we watched the bestagon video. Cheers!
How many sides does a bestagon have? That question might be best left in answered.
That looks great. I imagine the bit marks are from the plunge, are you noticing that on all your cuts? Perhaps there is room for improvement in the code for tension during plunging.
Still awaiting on the woodshop to get the materials so we can build the frame. I’m excited to get ours going.
Good eye…the mark you can see in the second photo is from the plunge. This was early days and I’ve learned a lot since then, but I still get those marks sometimes where the bit plunges, and at the corners of big cuts. I’m still trying to dial in my feeds and speeds, and I think that I might need to consider a better way to hold down my spoil board and work piece which are currently just sitting on the concrete shop floor.
Been doing a bit on calibration - I think I need to address a bit of frame flex and have my cuts start off the piece, but I got pretty good tessellation off this next set of test pieces!
