These files can then be easily edited and checked using Aspire. If you want to trace and digitize plans, then using the drawing board is a very easy and efficient way to output them as *.dxf files. We then asked Stan if he has any tips or advice to fellow makers…
This was the fourth boat I have drawn up, digitized the plans and cut the parts on the CNC and it all went to plan. Looking back, I would not do anything differently. This is why I took the project to 75% to show this process. The whole idea of the project was to show the drawing digitized and converted to cad (dxf format) to create a toolpath to cut the parts. Stan explained why he did not apply any finish to the boat and if there was anything he would have done differently… I normally use a ¼ USA end mills solid carbide bit for cutting projects. I normally cut my projects slowly at around 70-80 in/min and the speed at 19000 rpm which works for me. I do not run my CNC machine at full speed as I own it and do not want to break it for the sake of running it at full speed. Stan then went onto talking about cutting the project… The materials I used for the project were: oak plywood, fir plywood, basswood, and spruce all from local source and stock inventory. In the software, I nested all the various parts to be cut to make the best use of the material. This enabled me to output them as *.dxf files which I could then import into the Vectric software for cutting on the CNC. To digitize the plans, I printed them out full size and traced around them on John Walsh’s Logic Group drawing boards (4 of them called jumbo boards). I was looking for something large enough to use and utilize the 4 drawing boards I have, so a boat came to mind as it is the right kind of size and as I have made three boats before I have insight into what worked well in the past.Īfter coming up with the idea and getting the materials together, Stan went to work planning and designing the project…įor the design of the boat, I used some 1950 pdf plans I had of the boat I wanted to make. We wanted to hear more about why he decided to create the boat… My interests are in computers and woodworking, CNC brings that all together, so it was a perfect fit for me. In 2008 I purchased the 4x8 CNC machine with a router 3.25 hp and then added a fourth axis myself for Rockwell lathe (indexer). I have been in the furniture building and design business since 1972 and have always drawn up my own plans.
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