NicoStick Woodie

[punkman]

Last night I sat down and worked with my cnc mill again for the first time in about 6 mos. It had been a while so to hone my milling and cnc programming skills back into shape I milled a quick NicoStick out of hard maple. This one is setup for a sony cybershot camera battery. I usually mill prototypes out of maple as it is a little more forgiving on the bits if I screw up the programming.

I am not sure I will finish this one as I really want to mill a sidewinder today out of billet aluminum.

The first picture is of the first attempt the battery fit too tight I had to
open it up a few thousandths and mill a second one which was perfect.

 

[codfish124]

thats sweet a bit big tho. maybe make up for the size with running 2 of thos batts.

 

[Jason365]

Cool, working with wood is much cheaper than getting a lathe and milling 5 pounds of brass. Imagine a mahogany chuck.

 

[punkman]

I actually tossed these quick prototypes away, I kind of just used them as refresher training for running the cnc.

 

[crashtestjeep]

GREAT START! I cannot wait to see whats next! If u wanna make a wooden animal nicostick id be happy to take it off ur hands! elephant, frog, turtle, it dont matter how big lol! You do nice work!

NOT asking you to at all, just saying if you ever do n dont want it, lol!

Cant wait to see ur sidewinder! Im def stayn tuned!

 

[FizzleFisch]

Hey Punkman..

Love the woodie!

... in fact I've been leaning that way too.

BTW: Where are you located?... (or please update your profile).
-- any chance you're in my neighborhood?

sent you a pm.

cheers,
fisch

 

[AngusATAT]

Hmmm... this gives me an idea. Now to find a suitable wooden box...

 

[FizzleFisch]

By the way Punkman.. what is that switch you've got there??
... I like the looks of that!

fisch

 

[Wheatfield]

Nice work PM, a shame to just chuck it in the trash.

Along the lines of a "woody" Nico stick, check out your local hobby store for craft size pieces of wood to make a box. A place by me has Walnut, cherry, mahogany, bass, and balsa in sizes that would be a breeze to make a nice box with.

The walnut and cherry would finish up beautifully.

Steve

 

[punkman]

By the way Punkman.. what is that switch you've got there??
... I like the looks of that!

fisch

That is just a radio shack switch same one I think they use on the nicostick.

 

[punkman]

Nice work PM, a shame to just chuck it in the trash.

Along the lines of a "woody" Nico stick, check out your local hobby store for craft size pieces of wood to make a box. A place by me has Walnut, cherry, mahogany, bass, and balsa in sizes that would be a breeze to make a nice box with.

The walnut and cherry would finish up beautifully.

Steve

Thanks, that was just some quick warm up stuff I have a new one on the drawing board much more complex.