4-Axis Challenge

After getting my totems designed and extruded I moved onto the CAM process to simulate the tool paths it would take to machine them. I started with a face mill on both sides, to cut off excess stock I don't need, then I used a 3/8 Flat Endmill to machine off the excess at the bottom that the face mill couldn't cut. Then I moved onto cutting out the silhouette of the totems.

After getting the Silhouette cutout I started to do more of the details, the nose and eyes.

Before I finish the CAM process I need to cut the dovetail, the dovetail sits on the fixture, its thinner than the part and has pin holes in it to help it fit on the fixture better. 

Now that I'm done with the CAM process I can post process my code and while doing that I need to adjust some settings first I checked "Use G0" to replace G95, then I turned off DWO, DWO which put in M254 which triggered an error message in the machine making my program stop.

After post processing I put my code on a USB and put it on the 4-axis machine, a 4-axis machine is just like a 3 axis machine but with a rotary table on it to be able to use the A axis along side the others. After I put my code on the USB I loaded my tools and touched them off, after touching off my tools I started to run my program, it went pretty smooth other than the tool holder cutting into the fixture at some points but my mentor said it was okay since it wasn't damaging the tool.

After cutting out my part(s) I cut the tabs off and deburred them with a 90. Then I threw it in the vibra burr to get a nice clean finish on them.