turners cube

[copterdoctor]

this got a lot of views, but no replies over in Free parking, so I'm gonna post it here.... anyone ever made one of these? I think they awesome... can't wait to get a lathe and give this one a try...
let's see your pics if you have made one.


http://www.cnccookbook.com/CCTurnersCube.html
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[rocketpowered_keith]

I agree, totally neat. I've never made one, but might try if I get a lathe soon... I'm actively shopping, and ready to pull the trigger soon if I find the right machine.

I've seen a neat cube made on an EDM machine. The square shaped graphite electrode was machined with a large ball end mill which was the same diameter as the width of the electrode. The electrode was plunged down into an aluminum cube, from each side, leaving a sphere inside of a square box. Pretty neat.

 

[Burgerkong]

I've made one out of wood with a drilll press .

 

[rocketpowered_keith]

I've made one out of wood with a drilll press .

Pics? I'd like to see that!

 

[copterdoctor]

I'd like to see a pic too... please....

 

[bimmer1980]

notice the slick turret setup the guy has on his lathe!!!

I need to make one of those for my lathe...

It allows for repeated tooling paths..

 

[LEVE]

I used to carve stuff similar those out of a solid block of ivory as a kid... never new what they were called. It took forever...

 

[Burgerkong]

Sorry, no pics, it was a couple of years ago and I was just fooling around, saw the exact same page elsewhere and wanted to try haha. IIRC, it broke

It's hard making it with just a drill press compared to a CNC but it can be done if you measure lots of times before drilling and make sure its in the right position.

 

[copterdoctor]

no worries...

but I do have a newb type question... I keep seeing the term IIRC.... uh, what does that mean?

 

[Kevin54]

no worries...

but I do have a newb type question... I keep seeing the term IIRC.... uh, what does that mean?

"If I Remember Correctly"