Spinosaurus
Our great nephew Rylind suffered a vicious dog attack recently so he is home recuperating. Like most 5 year olds, he is fascinated with dinosaurs so we wanted to provide something for him to do while recovering. The CNC router came to mind because I know of a website www.makecnc.com that has hundreds, maybe thousands of models that can be cut and assembled. A dinosaur search uncovered the “Spinosaurus”, a 31 piece project perfect for his age. The project was brought into Vectric’s V-Carve Pro and after a little work assigning dog bone fillets (hows that for irony) to the inside assembly vectors, the tool paths were generated and the job was completed in less than 1/2 hour. I used a 1/16″ bit running at 22000 RPM fed at 32 IPM with a pass depth of 0.06″. I guessed at the feed and speed and they were spot on. The following photos tell the story of how it was cut. We sincerely hope that Rylind likes the gift and that it helps him in his recovery.
