Ball in a Box, CNC NOVAKON

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TomHalfmoon

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I have always wanted to machine from Aluminum a Ball in a Box. My father was an avid wood carver and made many variations of the the Ball in a Box. 

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Wooden 3 Ball in a Box

For my project I used Fusion 360 to create a 3D model of the part.

 

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Fusion 360 #D Model

With the 3d model and the AL cube I created the CNC "gcode" to machine the part. I used the same Gcode 5 times on 5 of the cube faces. For the last fast '6th face" I needed to make a small fixture to hold both the frame and the Ball. The ball needed to be stationary to fully machine the last face. 

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Inprocess CNC machining

 

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Finished Ball in a Box

 

After machining I just needed to do some hand work to remove the machining marks...

 

Tom