Jack H

Thanks Dan and Mark for your attention. "Fascinating to say the least. How long did it that the CNC to make the figurehead?" Some areas that not carved by maching need secondary processing, it took me total about 18-20 hours to complete a primary processing- 0.8mm millcut/0.05mm stepover.

The fourth production

Thank you very much for your detailed introduction,I will do some improvement in your way.

hi Mike Y I admire your ability to mill or polish the surface of wood,I'm amazing such a delicate model was made by hand.Do you have some suggestions for the selection and polishing of wood to me?thanks. hjx

rhino- industrial design software

Thanks attention For the first time, the face of the figurehead is too small .This error is caused by the failure of the Z axis when the milling cutter is broken. The difficulty of processing in the arms

Because of a small mistake, the first attempt ended in failure, but there were also some gains. The second production has begun...

zbrush - Digital engraving software

Hello to all! For my poor English ,the following was translated by software and maybe have some grammar or other mistakes . The plans of L'ARTÉSIEN were purchased from France in last year,the ship is so beautiful and i want to make it(into a ship model) by cnc. First I scan the drawings,then make it into 3d model or 2d Vector graph,Then NC engraving,Including 2D and 3d kits for example frames/figurehead... My project starts from the stem and the main material is pear and jujube... This process is almost all CNC machining, manual only assembly and polishing... some photos of Actually produced... mill on double sides The two faces are basically the same Double sides milling of bow special parts... The following is "no bridges" The previous production was "have bridges" As shown below... pre-assemble... The figurehead ... 3d model Although not very similar, I have tried my best... NC machining programming and simulation Preparation materials It will take some time to process the finished product

Hello everyone! This is my first build log for ship-model building, The Zeehaen, a 17th century dutch merchant ship. The primary references is 17th CENTURY DUTCH MERCHANT SHIPS(by Ab Hoving) and Shipbuilding in the Dutch Golden Age. The reason for choosing zeehaen is it seems simple but a bit special, and the carving patterns are relatively simple for me to practice. Cor Emke's plans are not suitable for a full frame ship model, but I like some challenging making, although I find I think too simple at first- my 3D building process seemed to hit a brick wall, I can't get any reliable reference of internal structure on the stem and stern. so I finally changed my mind and took Mike Y's advice- start my log while the project is not yet completed. Perhaps someone can provide more accurate internal structural drawings to correct my mistakes, in addition, I also make a presentation of my making methods- Almost all parts were designed by 2D/3D and output to CNC processing. This is current progress The frames from k#-35# using 2D cutting Assembly process Keel and some special-shaped parts using CNC double-sided milling processing The "V slot" was processed directly by CNC. even so tiny parts were processed by CNC The Building jig This kind of jig is recommended by my friend, wangshuoliurui,as a senior shipmodel builder in china. I think this kind of jig is more suitable for those hull in 17th Century. Some experiments of figurehead or figurine carving patterns were designed by 3d and processed by multi-axial CNC . 3Dmodel was build by rhino, This requires accurate size. Convert the model into polygon format output to zbrush and sculpt it by virtual technology CNC programming and machining.

Great work, Mike. Pretty clean and beautiful, thanks for sharing your build log, I put your log as a reference for my project.

Mike Y,That's my test project and there are some specifics need to be improved.The blog Maybe released after the project is completed.The project of Zeehaen is some preparation or test for HMS Cumberland 1774 -i want to make my drawings by 2d/3d technology and CNC engraving machine to process parts.

Hi ChrisLBren A CNC engraving may solve most of your work Including mill\ drill\cut\ turn... If you have the relevant software knowledge 4_axis simultaneous_motioned used for cannon or head figure...

Books Consists cd mailed to China seems to be some trouble,My new book"LEGACY OF A SHIP MODEL" has not yet received from SeaWatch,probably because this book contains a CD-ROM?