Thanks for your kind words. I have now upgraded my 4th axis and will make another short video soon.

Thank you. Time was not an issue for me but after creating the toolpaths in Carveco I could carve and finish two pawns in a day. The larger figures took about a day and a half.

Thanks Vernon. I do tend to stutter my way through my videos but get there in the end. I’d love to have a Genmitsu rotary axis and can’t wait for Carveco to publish there tutorials !

Sorry it's not for sale. I made it for my step daughter.

please tell me how u made it I want to gift a similar set to my gf

Thanks again for your interest I have made some UKposts videos on how I did the chess sets. Have a look at the link below and you can also search UKposts for kelsres ukposts.info/have/v-deo/naGDpGd-bKxmr40.html

Thanks for your comment. If you watch my previous video it shows how its done. ukposts.info/have/v-deo/naGDpGd-bKxmr40.html

Thanks Vernon it's been a lot more complex than the Egyptian one ! I spent ages with Meshmixer editing the STL files so they could be carved and I intend to do a video of the different methods I used.

Thanks for your comment. I don't play chess so I made this to be mainly decorative and also it was a project for me to learn a bit more about CNC machining.

Thank you I'm glad that you've found it interesting. I have nearly finished a different chess set which I will soon share.

Thank you indeed I do ! Thanks again for your help and support.

@@kelsres No problem at all my friend! And nicely made chess pieces!

Thanks John I also had to make adjustments as I progressed. I’m beginning to carve another chess set but this time I am adding extra material to the bottom of my 3D stl model using Meshmixer. This way I’ve got some extra wood so I can adjust the tip of the finish bit before it reaches the model itself !

Thank you

Thanks Kerry I'm glad you're having a go ! The bits I used were smaller than yours, 3mm end mill for the rough cut and .75mm tapered ball nose for the finish. I made a lot of firewood before I finally got the finishes that I wanted. I found that it was better to rough cut the front and back only then run the finish bit on the two sides only but some of the chess pieces needed the finish on all four sides. Take great care to get the Z height correct and you may need to set it a fraction high to begin with. Practice with the pawns first as they are the smallest and faster to carve. Good luck !

@@kelsres Hi Paul thanks for the help and after a couple of disasters I did work out how to do it and have since carved two of the bishops with great success - I used the 6mm end mill and the 1.5mm tapered ball nose and took approx 16 minutes to rough each side and approx 1 hour to finish each side so now will apply the same design to the others thanks again Kerry

@@user-ml6dg5sr7o thank you and I'm pleased that you're enjoying it. Once I had understood how the carving should be I did take great care when starting the finishing cuts. I use the UGS platform and am able to slow the feed rate right down to 10% for the very first plunge then increase it as the cutting progresses. Also you may need to make tiny adjustments to the position of the job origin just to make sure that each side lines up perfectly with its opposite side.

Thank you and there is a lot of great advice on Carveco’s website.

Thank you for your comment. In order to create my carvings a STL file, Standard Triangle Language, is needed and you can't create STl files in Carveco ! This type of file is made with dedicated creation software such as Meshmaker or Fusion 360. What I have done is basically carved a 2.5d relief on one face then rotated my wood so that the end result is a 3d carving. To do true 3d carving will require a 4th axis to rotate the wood as it carves. This is something I am looking into.

@@kelsres Thank you. I thought carvco had design capabilities,as well as rotation.

@@Townie001 it certainly does for some relief carvings and I think the full version of Carveco covers some aspects of 4axis but this only relates to what's known as wrap around carving.

Thank you for your kind comment. I intend to make a short video of how I made my light up chessboard.

Glad you like it! You deserve the credit.

xx

Thanks shane775 sadly we lost Brian in 2014 and yes he was one of life’s great people. I will pass on your memories to his family.

@@kelsres thanks mate please do .. i spent many an evening in northfield at the house . All the best ...Shane