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We first began this project by sketching out what we think our steps would be and our process of this project
I then went in and refined my design to be more specific. I decided that I would cut out two large pieces of wood and then cut out separate bangles from there.
Then it was time to go into fusion 360. I created my bangles shape and used measurements from one of my other bracelets. I started by creating the shape of the wood and then the circle of the bangel inside the form
After I had the bangel shape and size down I duplicated it. Now its time to add tool paths!
I used tool 7 to cut out the inside and the outside. I went in and did multiple passes so that I didn't snap the blade that it used to cut it out. Once that was finished ti was time to send it to the CNC!
I glued down the piece of cherry wood that I had chosen. I clued it down on top of the tape. I then set my x, y, and z axes for the cnc. It was now time to cut 😏
Cuting out my bangles caused a lot of dust so I used the shop vaccum to clean up the wood. The cnc was working very hard. It started with the inside of the bangles and then moved outwards. Towards the end I was scared that my bangle would fly away but it didnt thankfully.
I had two bangles to use. They were tall at around 2 inches. They were way too large to wear, but I wa thankful that they had not fallen apart!
It was now time for Adobe Illustartor. I scanned m drawing and then image traced them. I took the circumfrence of the bangle and used that as the height for the artboard. I knew that I wanted the bangle to be smaller that the current width of the bangle so I set the width for 1 inch which would be half of the bangles width.
Since I do not have windows on my computer I sent my design to my google drive. I then sent my illustartor image to print on the epilog engraver. Then It was time to engrave my design.
My first few prints were a little jank to be completley honest. But thats why I CNC'd two bangles!
After engraving I went into the wood shop to add mica powder and CA glue to the engravings. My first attempts were not the best. I also used the band saw and fast drying spray to shave down the large globs of glue
You can see my failded prototype in the back :( Unfourtunatley it was not salvageable. But I was able to create two working bangles. What I ended up doing is creating one design and then splitting it in half. I then used the mica powder and glue process. After that I split the two in half, used the band saw to smooth it and the rounder saw to round the inside and outside edges.
I then added oil to the wood to make the color of the wood pop! Then end product was not what I expectes but defintely still a very cool product!
What went well during this project?
I feel like my design and base idea was what went the best this project. As well as using the rounding saw to create rounded edges on my bracelets.
What challenges did you encounter?
I encountered many issues. It began with my designs being stretched and ditortedon the epilog engraver. Then the glue and mica did not work the way I wanted as well as being a grueling process.
If you were to do this project again, what would you change?
If I were to do this project again I would want to not fill the engravings with mica powder but rather fineline paint into the engravings.
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