Styrofoam Block Shaping by CNC Wood Router

Every child loves "Pleasant Goat&Big Big Wolf" in China. Besides the carton they watch, even every new year, there is movie about "Pleasant Goat& Big Big Wolf", lots of children go for watching for celebrating new year. 

Today,we make a mold of Pleasant Goat with Styrofoam block by cnc wood router.   
Block diameter: 180mm,

CNC Wood Router Cut Acrylic Cashier Board and Breast Plate

Using cnc wood router cut acrylic for cashier board and breastplate is very easy and qucikly.

Firstly, you design the cashier board size and make tool path, choosing what cutter you use, then transfer the program file to the control system Usually the program file is with G code file.

Now you put the acrylic sheet on the working table, using clamps to fix it or using vacuum system to holding it down tightly. Then mount on the cutter. Move the cnc wood router spindle to the position you want to start processing. Now, cut starting.

It takes for a while, then partially finished product is coming.

Now take off the self-adhensive cover from acrylic, stick the gold paper with words on it. then done. The breast board is with double layer for acrylic.

Acrylic Label Producing Process by cnc wood router

For such acrylic label cutting and engraving by cnc wood router, usually there are two ways. One is cut and engrave the scotch acrylic firstly, then use needle to inject the paint to the part of acrylic. And the other way is using the colorful self-adhensive tape to the acrylic, then start engraving and cutting by cnc wood router. For details, see follwing:

Here we will not mention the step of preparing program file for cnc wood router, setting tool path in the program file etc. We prepare the acrylic board, put it on the cnc wood router table and fix it by clamps. Now, mount on the cnc wood router bits special for acrylic.

CNC Wood Router Cut Acrylic Process

Often, advertising shop need to produce label for customers with acrylic sheet by cnc wood router.

For thoese door label with signs or numbers, you may could make the paint on the surface of acrylic sheet with gold or red or other colors. Some customers may nee double color on the acrylic label, you can make the differnt paint on the afront and back side of cnc wood router. Such as gold and black color as the following photos.

Please notice that choose the special cutters for acrylic cutting for not sticking acrylic powder.

Versicolor Acrylic Mounted On Wall As Sign

Now many hotels, banks, companies, shopping mall etc use vericlolor acrylic as the sign. The versicolor acrylic feature is: On the way,  acrylic is blue or black or other colors, at night, when there is light on in the sign, then the acrylic is with white color when we see it.

Acrylic is cutted by cnc wood router to the shape as designed in the computer. You create the letters or words in the software in PC, then set the words size, set the cutting tool path, confirm which cutter you use. Then output to control system for operating cnc wood router to cut acrylic.

Abnormal Noise Analysis& Solution On CNC Wood Router

When cnc wood router is running or processing, it will make some sound, well, this is normal one. Sometimes, cnc wood router make some abnormal noise, which may frastrated.

See following two parts mainly the abnormal noise from:

1. Spindle motor makes adnormal noise. Such noise delivery us the message that the bearing in the cnc wood router spindle may is with quality problem or bearing life time ends, or the bearing is badly weared.You need to replace a new one or fix it.

2. The noise when cnc wood router is running at three axis direction.

Such abnormal noise may caused by weared motor bearing, or lacking lubrication on some axis, too dirty or too tight on some axis, weared balls in ballscrew set, or losing balls etc.

When you know the mainly reasons caused the above cnc wood router abnormal noise problem, then you will fix it easily.

Bamboo Art&Craft Produced by China CNC Router

Bamboo Art&Craft Produced by China CNC Router
Bamboo art&craft are bamboo sculpture and decoration made by bamboo. Bamboo art&craft is with special design, fine workmanship, elegant color, free of deformed and bitten by insect. Bamboo art&craft is with good market selling, its process also has been improved.
The difference now is many companies adopt China cnc router or cnc wood router instead of making by hand. Artcraft works on fine, nice looking and with certain practicality. Now, the engraving imagine is engraved by china cnc router software for 2d or 3d work, or relief sculpture, or hollowed work. China cnc router can speed up bamboo art&craft progress and with fine precision, suitable for mass production.

Hamilton Scenic Use CNC Wood Router

Hamilton Scenic Specialty got its start in 2000, custom fabricating scenery and stage sets from wood and mixed materials, for Broadway-style theater, rock and roll road shows, and other segments of the entertainment industry.

Hamilton Scenic Specialty handles CAD detailing, planning, construction, finishing, installation, follow-up, and long-term support for its projects, while working on fabrication in aluminum, steel, solid woods, plywoods, laminates, plastics, and veneers with cnc wood router.

The majority of its work is creating theatrical stage scenery. Clients include Disney Theatrical for the set of its North American tour of Mary Poppins; the Blue Man Group in Orlando; and Holland America cruise ship entertainment sets.

But Hamilton Scenic Specialty has developed a new and growing niche: public art installations and museum theming throughout North America, all built and shipped from its Dundas, Ontario operation.

As stage shows have become more elabrote, sets have becoming increasingly complex, with many more parts, and styles that emphasize unusual angles and shapes. Furniture for the sets produced by cnc wood router is frequently custom designed and built, to match a particular perspective, work well with stage lighting and colors, etc.

CNC Wood Router For Industrial Use

Woodworking Machinery for Industrial Use 

• Shapers
As their name suggests, shapers are woodworking machinery that bring shapes to timber. In conjunction with cutters, they are appropriate for manufacturing accents for Australian crown moldings or furniture.
• Chisel mortisers and chains
These woodworking machines are relevant when producing precise holes on pieces of wood. They have the ability to control the hole’s depth as per the desired measurement.
• CNC Wood Routers
CNC Wood Router are very important tools when seeking to make intricate circles, patterns or designs in timber. There are various kinds of routers that comprise mid range, hobby, specialty and multi-axis routers. CNC Routers are a step above, favoured with very high end industrial woodworkers. 

Most Australian industries rely on machinery in order to accomplish their tasks. There are various kinds of machinery for use in this regard. Examples include power machines, metalworking machinery, punching machines and shearing machines among others. Another important component of machinery includes woodworking machinery.
Woodworking machines trace their origins to 18th century England. They were important tools in the production of furniture. People also used them to make things such as, carts, wagons, axles, yokes and wheels. Currently, there are different categories of woodwork machinery for industrial use. Examples of woodworking machinery include:
• Jointers
Jointers are woodworking machines that flattens and straightens the edges of wood boards. Various industries also use it to smoothen bottom of the wood board. This allows the board to mover accurately through planers.
The structure of a jointer comprises an infeed table that is movable. Jointers also come embedded with outfeed tables and spinning heads. The latter contains knives.
• Table saws
Table saws consist of adjustable arbors with motors. They must also have a blade, fence and flat table for them to work properly. The functions of table saws majorly center on ripping and cross-cutting wood boards. In the former’s case, industries cut the wood boards along their grains. This is the opposite case in cross-cutting, which involves cutting across the board’s grain.

Solution for CNC Wood Router No Back To Mechanical Origin?

What can we do if cnc wood router does not go back to mechanical origin?

Solutions are 1. If value is changing on software screen, but the machine does not move, please confirm that A. if machine is power on, B. confirm if controlling wire connected well, C, confirm driving motor make alram, D. Check if 12V or 24V switch power supply is broken.

2.If value does not change on cnc wood router software screen, please A. confirm control board is capatible with control software, B. check if control board plug very well,C, Plug to anther slot to see.

The above solutions usually can solve the problem of cnc wood router does not go back to mechanical origin.

Basic Solution for CNC Wood Router Problem

Basic Solution for CNC Wood Router Problem

Problem of CNC Wood Router are mainly as following:
1. One axis of cnc wood router does not move. Now check the driver for this axis if work normal. The checking way: replace the driver on this axis with another axis, then to see if the other axis can work after mounted on replaced driver of cnc wood router. This way can confirm if there is problem with driver.
2. If the axis can move after replaced another driver, and the other axis can not move, then it indicates that the other driver is with problem.If the axis still does not move, then it indicates that wire or motor are with problem. Now, please check if air plugs are connected very well with control cabinet, check if control cabinet power is on. Please check if cnc wood router cable wire is connected very well with motion control card in PC and control cabinet.If all checking result are no problem, then please contact OMNI for getting further support.
3. Spindle can not rotate. Please check inverter LED screen value, and let us know, OMNI engieer will guide you how to fix this on cnc wood router.

Spindle Choose for CNC Wood Router

Spindle Choose for CNC Wood Router
Spindle is the important part for cnc wood router. The spindle quality effect processing speed and accuracy directly. So it is rather important that choosing high quality spindle on cnc wood router. 
1. If you value processing efficiency, requires high speed and big engagement of cutting edge, such as solid wood etc, you need spindle power equal or bigger than 3kw. 
2. CNC wood router requires spindlw with high accuracy bearing. If it is not, then the spindle will be over heating after long time high speed rotation, then the lifttime will be shortened. OMNI use high quality spindle with high accuracy bearing in spindle, and also offer LED screen for spindle of cnc wood router temprature measure. And it could show you the spindle temprature obviously, tell you may spindle need rest if it works rather long time.
3. Check cnc wood router rotating sound if normal at different speed.
4. Check if spindle radial direction is forced. This is for checking if could cut hard material at high speed. Some spindles only can cut hard material at lower speed, if adjust to high speed, spindle may lost rotate, after using for some period, may lost accracy or even broken.

Stone CNC Router Set Multi-Layer Engraving

How to set multi-layer in cnc stone router software? Stone is a kind of hard material, so when we set tool-down size, should notice make multi-layer while processing thick relief sculpture. 
Firstly, in the software, we create and edit the file, set the relief sculpture size and depth. Here depth means relief sculpture depth. After setting, pre-view the relief sculpture with 3D view. Then set tool path, choose relief sculpture, then choose cutter, please notice that there is under cutting distance, this value is the size of cutting down size every time. This value is setted according to material hardness and cutter quality. Choose the item of multi z layer milling. At last Z tool path, input the total depth of relief sculpture. Then choose tool path simulation to see who tool path works. Then input the tool path to cnc stone router control system to start processing.

CNC Wood Router Maintenance

CNC Wood Router Maintance

Machine Cleaness

1. Clean working table in time after work every time, be convenient for next processing work.

2. Clean powder on linear guide around area, for protecting machine tranmission get stuck while moving.

3. Clean ballscrew in time, ballscrew decides the accuracy of machine.

4. Clean control cabinet in time, dust affect the electrical spare parts seriously.

Oil to CNC Wood Router

1. Clean linear guide powder, ballcrew, then use cloth to make more clean. Oil to the ballscrew and linear guide, better use anti-frozen machine oil in winter.

2. Oil machine twice every month.

3. If machine does not run for long time, oil to machne and let axis travel on time.

4. Move axis to travel slowly for ensure oil could be on linear guide and ballscrew.

The Design Made by CNC Wood Router

We see more and more organic and natural inspiration in designer furniture pieces. The surrounding environment is re-imagined in many new furniture designs, one of which is the Ocean’s Edge Table. According to its designer, America-based Tyson Atwell, the new dining table ” is part of an ongoing body of work utilizing a CNC wood router to digitally sculpt oceanic waveforms moving across planar wood surfaces”. With experiments utilizing new technologies and designers composing new ideas, the design game is about to change very soon.
Imagine how it would be to dine at a table that rises out of and dips back in to shape – an undulating tabletop reminiscent of the curves naturally exhibited by water. The tabletop speaks the language of modern design molded after a sequence of tide curves sourced from the entrance of the San Francisco Bay. This beautiful representation of a still moment in time will accompany you during many dinners with family and friends, creating a fascinating atmosphere.

The Birth of A Custom Beer Bottle Made By CNC Wood Router

As we always say, your design is only limited by your imagination. This is the  perfect sentence for cnc wood router industry instruction.

People use cnc wood router, cnc foam router, cnc aluminium router, cnc acrylic router, or 4 axis cnc router, 5 axis cnc router or laser machine to create many creative artworks.

The technician Anthony Kling use cnc wood router software to design a beer bottle. He made the positive for  mold on the software. Then he glued several pieces of MDF material together, then put the material on cnc wood router. Using rough passes to clear the excess material. When th rough sample is ready, then use a smaller cutter to make the surface of beer bottle more smooth. Then two halves will be glued together to make a whole positive.

This is really an interesting creative job. You may use solid wood to make the same beer bottle by cnc wood router, looks very classic.

Produce Architecture Model By CNC router

Produce Architecture Model By CNC router

Architecture Model Production Sample made by router cnc:

Material： ABS board 2mm

1.Put ABS board 2mm to CNC router table;
2. Engrave and Cut ABS board by router cnc as the program file. This program file can be created and edited by CAD or CorelDraw etc software, then transfered to Type3 or ArtCAM for getting G code file with tool path. This G code file can be read by CNC router control system, such as DSP hand controller or Weihong controller. 

3.Now the whole piece of ABS board is cutted or engraved as the program file. Seperate them and then glue them together. May be you are curious of the architecture model with glass window. There is whole piece of acrylic glued inside of model. So you can see that the building model is with glass window.

Produce Architecture Model By CNC Wood Router

Produce Architecture Model By CNC Wood Router

Architecture Model Production Sample made by cnc router:

Material： ABS board 2mm

1.Put ABS board 2mm to CNC router table;
2. Engrave and Cut ABS board by CNC wood router as the program file. This program file can be created and edited by CAD or CorelDraw etc software, then transfered to Type3 or ArtCAM for getting G code file with tool path. This G code file can be read by CNC router control system, such as DSP hand controller or Weihong controller. 

3.Now the whole piece of ABS board is cutted or engraved as the program file. Seperate them and then glue them together. May be you are curious of the architecture model with glass window. There is whole piece of acrylic glued inside of model. So you can see that the building model is with glass window.

Then which one is suitable for architecture model producing? Confirm your Max. material size, then choose right working size cnc router. Usually, peple can use from 600*900mm to 1300*2500mm according to your requirement.

Type3 For CNC Wood Router Function

Type3 For CNC Wood Router Function

2D cutting, 2.5D carving and 3D routing which made by cnc wood router are easy with Type3 the leading artistic CAD/CAM software for signmakers. Benefit from over 18 years of expertise with sign makers and machine specialists. Whether you're doing vinyl cutting, woodworking, display creation, sign making or lettering applications. Type3 software is bound to offer you the right tools and to save precious time on design and machining.Type3 Software is available for both 2D and 3D applications. 

Intall TypeEdit2003Plus

Intall TypeEdit2003Plus

Install  TypeEdit2003Plus which used for router cnc
 1.  You can start the installing program named TypeEdit2003+.exe in the root directory of this CD.
 Or you can get in the folder named TypeEdit and run the Setup.exe.
Please seclect “Next>” until you get

    Recommend you to choose Custom, So you can get

There is also a button named Change… , click it, you can get more option, for example, Choose the Help and then click Change…, then you get this dialog box

Choose everything you want and then click “Next>” until you get

 You should choose “Yes, I want to restart my computer now” …
 
After restarting your computer, you will get

 Click “Next>” “Next>” “Next>” “Next>” up to the end.

 So now, you have installed TypeEdt2003Plus successfully.