3D Machining Waves from Solid Metal

In this video I am generating some wave models in Python, then CNC machining them from a variety of materials on the Carvera CNC.
These experiments are mostly just for fun, and also to test out my new camera. I hope you enjoy!
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Intro: 00:00
Generating the waves 00:59
Milling Plywood 02:39
Milling Clear Acrylic 04:58
Milling Aluminium 05:57
Milling Brass 09:14

[@taow]

Let me know if you have any project ideas for applying these wave carvings to, I hope you enjoyed the video! If you are interested in the Carvera CNC machine used in this video, it is available from Makera here: www.makera.com/products/carvera?sca_ref=4180899.U68BiZuo02 (purchasing through this link will give me a small kickback to help support this channel and these projects).

[@Wrecks22]

Great work as always! Thanks for sharing your talent and journey with us.

[@lukearts2954]

Idea: you could use it on soundscape improving wall and ceiling panels. Maybe design a honeycomblike grid in wood where softer dampening hard foams are fitted, with the wood having a different but complimentary wave pattern to the pattern on the foam boards.

[@lukearts2954]

(With 2 cnc’s on your desktop, I’m sure you'll enjoy the effect of acoustic dampening...)

[@lukearts2954]

And a less functional idea, you could make a relaxation ornament where water runs over a sloped wave surface, maybe one where different water flow rates cause different paths and thus different sound...

[@alexcatto1432]

Looks like your using aluminium flatbar which is a bit soft for machining, something like 5083 plate or 6061 should machine nicer. Love your videos, been watching for years btw.

[@planckstudios]

So much quality here. Explanation, approach, filmwork. One of the reasons waves are so resonant/captivating/mysterious - they're never still. Their nature is to be in motion. If I can see waves ebb and flow, crest and collide, then diffuse and settle - I get the sense of a larger system and logic at work. Visual proof there are rules governing our world. Breaking the space into a grid and then actuating each point (perpendicular + independently) would allow for this. I've been building interactive sculpture along these lines :)

[@X22GJP]

Been following your work for years mate, and these are just stunning pieces. Given they lay flat, I could easily see a use for the larger ones made of wood being used as a trivet to put a hot pan on. I’d definitely buy one, and even the small metal ones as keyrings would be a good side hustle. The obvious big choice is a table, and I think a wooden base with a glass top floating just above the surface using standoffs would look amazing. Other than that, outright wall art. In any case, keep up the great work and the very best of luck as you start your career 😊

[@taow]

Ah yeah that is a good idea, I was thinking the smaller ones would be good for coasters but I like the idea of a trivet. Once I get the big homemade CNC up and running again I think a table would be a great idea.

[@X22GJP]

Yeah coasters too would be good, although with cups/mugs generally having a non/flat base with a ring to sit on, you may need to make the design a bit more densely packed to make sure the ring of the mug has enough support without wobbling.

[@lukearts2954]

8:05 that finishing pass timelapse is so satisfying to watch. Especially because it shows how perfectly you indexed your piece and your axes!

[@flyingshards595]

Thanks for the video, you always do such neat stuff and I enjoying learning about it! The tip about surface finishes when milling with a ball nose EM was beautifully illustrated!

[@that_frog_kurtis]

Every time I see another one of your videos it impresses me man. From the awesome stuff you made back in the day to now. Keep being awesome my guy

[@klausb.7505]

Beautiful work !

[@southerndime333]

beautiful shots and project

[@MASI_forging]

Brilliant progress 👏👏

[@creativecomposites6193]

Quality work! Congratulations on your degree.

[@mackross]

I’ve been following you since you were a kid. These videos keep getting cooler and cooler

[@Karaon]

thanks for the link. so many nice projects

[@jeffnc]

It's wild to me that you've already finished your degree, I remember subscribing back when you were in school!

[@merm111]

Always makes my day when you drop a video, been a fan for a longtime keep it up

[@aag24]

beautiful! congratulations on your degree! (I did physics to PhD!)

[@alexanderha7965]

If you make two matching wave paterns with a uniform offset along the normals of the surface of a fixed distance you could layer something like alternating layers of paper mache to test and make little flat billets with the height map pattern project and create an effect similar to blacktail studios epoxy denim table top. I think blue denim like that could look cool with inlayed brass

[@hlcdriver]

I think the stained plywood with a glass/acrylic top or even clear epoxy would make a cool table or desk.

[@CATANOVA]

It is better to use at least two passes with ball milling where the first can be a large stepover and the second finish pass can be the finer stepover. If you finish in one pass then there is variable force or pressure or loading applied to the tool due to the differences in material thickness which always compromises finish consistency. Almost all materials finish better with some kind of lubrication. I have not tried it but a bit of grease may be just the ticket where you want some lube but also don't want to go spraying oil everywhere.

[@Chris-Brown-]

The type of aluminum grade makes a difference to how it cuts.

[@MrAndrew990]

congrats on your degree man. been here since like 2016

[@acolize8883]

I feel like they’d make cool molds for chocolate or dies for stamping sheet metal

[@camous971]

4:00 its NOT a constant thickness. The steeper the surface, the thinner the walls.

[@taftancastingchannel]

چقدر زیباست 👍🏽

[@NathanaelNewton]

We have some really large versions of the plywood waves on the wall of the recording studio at the university radio station where I work/volunteer. (CKCU FM, Carleton University, Ottawa Canada) I've been told that they're for sound scattering.

[@Dapstart]

Congrats on completing your degree! I wonder if you could use those machines to carve a wooden or metal housing for a video game controller or something. you could definitely do a faceplate for an xbox controller.

[@TheLophius]

It would be interesting to use wavy pattern as a case/cooler for raspberry pi.

[@zackel-baz9555]

いいビデオ！

[@LincolnWorld]

This is by far the best video on the Carvera that I've seen, and I've watched a lot. Designing one large wave piece that is split up into multiple acrylic blocks could look cool as tiles in a bathroom wall. What do you think the learning curve is like with these machines? Do they provide some sort of starting point for feeds and speeds based on different materials, or do you have to figure all that out yourself?

[@taow]

Cheers! Learning curve with these machines was quite straightforward, I think they're pretty forgiving and the setup on the control software is very easy. There's also a feeds and speeds guide in the booklet with the machine, and on fusion 360 they have defaults that you can select which is a good starting point

[@caedenspringer1945]

Loved your video and was just interested if you where willing to release the final code that you used to create the stl

[@paulvale2985]

Congrats on completing your Engineering Degree. 👏

[@davidpinnington213]

Ordered a Carvera Air of one your eariler videos - meantime I'll get the basics with a 3018 router - this video gave me some ideas - great as always - here's one for you machine a TPMS lattice structure? (maybe too much for a 4 axis or a isogrid structur4e such as a beaker

[@taow]

Nice one, you will love the machine I think

[@gizmobowen]

Excellent video and project. I've been wanting to make wave pattern carvings on my CNC but haven't really found a good source for creating custom patterns. I'm not much on coding, but I'll check out what you did. Maybe my son, who knows coding better could help. Thanks.

[@thenijni3018]

u should try adding a flowing contour. have the contour been wavey.

[@tomholmez1236]

he's back

[@marc_frank]

the art of waves

[@Hugh-S]

2:02 my migraines be like lol...

[@camous971]

4:42 the thickness is not constant!!! Its a constant vertical height, but not the thickness.

[@bikatoabeletxe5610]

Nice work!! I love it. Do you plan to share the code to generate the 3D waveforms? Thank you!

[@filipporossifavilli68]

It is found in the description 😅

[@taow]

Thanks, yeah more than happy to share the code if people are interested! It is not good quality code at all though haha

[@taow]

Send me an email and I can send you the python file :)

[@user-fg2kl7vc2d]

@@taow Hello, I sent you an email. Have you received it?😀

[@davynolan182]

Why don't you sand and polish the brass ones, could easily get a mirror finish with a small amount of post processing

[@taow]

Good idea I'll give it a go sometime soon

[@andyburns]

Was your lens in position(s) that people's eyeballs couldn't be?

[@marc_frank]

i think single flute endmills are much better at cutting aluminium

[@Kotdt1]

great video you could make some and sell them

[@taow]

Yeah might set that up in the future

[@chrisleech1565]

This really caught my attention as you transformed to height map grey scale. I would like to point you to a video I saw recently that explains how to use AI to quickly generate your own bas relief in heightmap/depth map. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mKaaf2qZg6umpZY

[@forureyesonly]

Good quality work, but I am a bit confused on the type of channel you are intending to make. Some are instructional, some are plan showing off what you do without much help. Narration expands many unrelated subjects.

[@Hobypyrocom]

i want the old TAOW back that was making interesting projects...

[@taow]

What sort of thing would you be interested in watching? Got some time for some more ambitious projects over summer now

[@Hobypyrocom]

@@taow you have all the tools now, i would love to see you make some kind of new weapon or improving the ones you made previously...