Surely not a novelty and perhaps it exists in Compas/Ngon or Biber but it was fun to make and very simple to use with Rhino Polyhedra and it allows me to test my CO2 and after Fiber Laser.
Thanks @dale for this wonderful tool. All polyhedron I tested has curves that are CCW
The main idea is to generate Finger Joints that are made using a Laser Cutter.
I made 3 types of Finger Joints, regular ones, Two/Three Joints per edge and one that is a Binary code that can be unique on each edge. Unique if read from left to right or right to left. It means if there is enough bits, you mustn’t make an error when making it.
The Laser cutted (not good I still learn to use my machine), and not glued. The trick of Unique code per edge works really, I didn’t have to make adjustments.
Perfection is not yet here. At the moment Corners are not treated perfectly. Sometimes filled too much in concave region or missing material in convex regions.
Compass Ngon Biber tools are more professional for wood joinery.
But it is useful, I used my laser to make boxes for my workshop. Assembly is good. Still some glue, sanding then adding some French cleat and it will go on the wall of my workshop
Man, that is so cool.
I myself have been working on some finger joint gh script, I am in some way relieved that all the work has been done for me already, thank you
There is already better free tool like Ngon and Compas wood. They are more complex and can generate 3d (CNC) cuts, mine just use for 2D (laser). https://www.food4rhino.com/en/app/ngon
I choose the M3 pro because of the size of my garage, but M3 ultra is a better choice if you have place. I also took the compressor.
Wonderful machine that has a 80 W laser CO2 and 1200 W fiber laser. So far I love cutting Stainless steel, far more easy and clean than aluminum.
For the plywood I use here it is 9.5 mm thickness with 10 mm/s velocity of cut and generate tons of fume and flames.
I didn’t begin to weld metal but it is also very good but require many protections that I haven’t yet.
Sure, sure, Facebook is just not for me any more. You do you.
Now I remember the Nervous System folks showing the Gweike on Instagram.
Any way, I hope you’ll share some photos of the new PatDef table once it’s done.
