Carving a spherical Earth with epoxy oceans - 4-sided 3D rotary CNC routing with the Shapeoko

By Dennis Van Hoof, from Top o' Arts (topoarts.com).

This video shows the process of 4-sided CNC routing a spherical 3D Earth with a diameter of 200 mm (8 inch), using my manual rotary setup for the Shapeoko XXL. The Earth was carved from a solid piece of tree trunk with a diameter of 250 to 300 mm (10 to 12 inch), and the oceans were filled with a layer of 5 mm (1/5 inch) epoxy resin.

Check out the YouTube video where I introduce manual rotary CNC routing with the Shapeoko XXL by carving a koi fish (https://youtu.be/-reSew5u5Oc)

Software used:
- Meshmixer to create the 3D Earth STL files
- Vectric VCarve to generate the tool paths
- UGS Platform to send the Gcode to the CNC

Materials used:
- Tree trunk of 250-300 mm (10-12 inch) in diameter and 375 mm (15 inch) in length
- 1/4" steel octagonal rotary plates
- Epoxy resin and different blue dyes from the Epoxy Resin Store
- 3 inch roughing bit: Amana Tool end mill #45210-3
- 3 inch finishing bit: Amana Tool ball nose #46286

Music: Alex Dee Gladenko - Beach Party

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