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This is a marble maze that I made with the CNC Machine and the Laser Cutter. It was designed in Adobe Illustrator and then exported into Fusion360. After I exported it, I extruded everything to make the walls. Then I cut it out on the CNC. I then designed the acrylic shape in Illustrator and then sectioned the different colors out. Then I laser cut each color of acrylic separately and glued them together. After the acrylic was glued together, I put the marble in the maze glued the acrylic in.
This is a screenshot of Adobe Illustrator. I designed my maze in Illustrator and then exported it to the Fusion360 to extrude the walls and prepare for milling.
This is a screenshot of Adobe Illustrator. I designed my maze in Illustrator and then exported it to the Fusion360 to extrude the walls and prepare for milling.
This is a picture of my marble maze as it is being cut out. The CNC took about 2 hours to cut the maze. This is because I used a 1/4" bit and it can only cut a maximum os 1/8" down per pass.
This is a picture of my marble maze as it is being cut out. The CNC took about 2 hours to cut the maze. This is because I used a 1/4" bit and it can only cut a maximum os 1/8" down per pass.
This is a picture of the marble maze right after I cut it on the CNC. You can see the CNC left rough edges so I needed to sand them down. I also added tabs on the outside so the wood wouldn't fall out. I used a jigsaw to cut the tabs.
This is a picture of the marble maze right after I cut it on the CNC. You can see the CNC left rough edges so I needed to sand them down. I also added tabs on the outside so the wood wouldn't fall out. I used a jigsaw to cut the tabs.
This is a picture of the maze after I sanded the edges. I also used a flush trim bit on the router table to get rid of the tabs. After that, I used a 1/4" round over bit to round the edges.
This is a screenshot of my acrylic design in Illustrator. The colors are for my reference when assembling and so I could isolate the correct color for laser cutting. I used the outline of my maze file as a templete for the edge.
This is my final result. I glued the acrylic together and then glued it into the maze. I used fast drying CA glue to glue it together.
This is my final result. I glued the acrylic together and then glued it into the maze. I used fast drying CA glue to glue it together.
One thing that went well during this project was the acrylic process. It only took me one try to cut the acrylic and it was a perfect fit. I very happy with the overall finished product. A challenge that I faced during this project was designing the maze. The lines kept doubling so when I brought it into Fusion360, it wouldn't extrude properly. I think that if I ended up redoing this project, I would try to glue the acrylic together a little better. It looks a little bit sloppy in some spots because the glue seeped thru the cracks and pooled on the other side.
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