We are pretty excited to see people using our mini-projects with all sorts of CNC machines from the industrial sized monsters, DIY machines and upgraded kit machines. John was one of the first we heard of using the ShapeOko 2 CNC, Aspire and our mini-projects to create his weekend CNC projects.

John used the Mothers Garden No.1 mini-project to help make this wonderful finished piece.

"CNC Machine used was a Shapeoko 2 with a DW660 router with upgraded ACME Z Axis and Dual Y Axis Drive with a custom 3D Printed Dust shoe.

Used Aspire to lay out the design and generate tool path's took approximately 1.5hours
Ran the rough cust with a 1/4" end mill approximate time 2 hours
Ran the Finish cut what a 1/16" ball nose approximate time 3.5 hours
Ran the Vcarve lettering with 90deg Vbit approximate time 10 minutes
Ran the Profile cut with a 1/4" end mill approximate time 20 minutes

Sign was cut into 3/4" pine and air brushed with Opaque auto paint for durability and coated with 5 coats of spray on Shellac."

John was nice enough to supply some work in progress snaps too help illustrate his work flow.