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Rebirth of a Denford MIRAC CNC Lathe
awemawson:
So out she went and got the first coat - next one due in 24 hours so she's back inside until then.
DaveS:
Looking very good, and being outside it even looks bigger, must be the white :D :bugeye:
Finish looks as smooth as Powder Coating :update:
awemawson:
It'll be better with a second coat to be honest Dave.
So what do you do while paint is drying . . . . .sand blast and spray black the door slider rails, and have a go at finishing off the label for the Button Panel.
This I do by spraying the reverse of the polycarbonate panel in black, then reverse engraving the text using the CNC laser engraver. It hasn't come out good enough to use on this occasion for two reasons. Firstly I didn't leave the paint long enough and the white infill has reacted with the black background. Secondly I did the engraving at slightly too high a power setting and the front face is distorted.
Never mind, that the good thing about CNC - tweak the commands and do it again, you only need to alter the bits that were wrong rather than the entire gizmo. :thumbup:
tom osselton:
A person I know just made a panel for his lathe.
https://canadianhobbymetalworkers.com/threads/my-new-lathe.292/page-3#post-8479
awemawson:
Raining today, so the second coat has had to go on indoors. Dust sheets everywhere !
First coat went on rather dry and didn't all blend so I used a bit more thinners this time, and of course went the other way and got a couple of runs :bang: They'll be cut off with a razor when dry and touched in with a small roller.
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