Mike Verta's s18 TY-J

[mverta]

This control file went to fabrication today!



We're going to do the countersink holes and screws after the fact just to allow for a little leeway or unforseen things at installation/build.

I'll have 8 please

Produced in lovely Stainless Steel 316 for maximum corrosion protection, that'll be US $663.61 each.  You want 8, you say?

[mverta]

Some footage from the first CNC day:

[stonemason83]

5:57 the look of relief on your face.
Its going great. A treat to watch.

[timewomble]

Produced in lovely Stainless Steel 316 for maximum corrosion protection, that'll be US $663.61 each.  You want 8, you say?

Yikes! 

[Rassilons Rod]

This is amazing!

[Scarfwearer]

Really interesting! I was wondering how you CNCed something that big. Answer: really big CNC machine!

[watcher]

Incredible Mike!

Would love to see a vid of anything you mange to do with the handle (casting it etc)

[mverta]

Which handle - the console handle or the exterior door handle?  The console handle is already being machined out of stainless; the exterior door handle will likely have the same thing done as soon as we finalize what sort of sensors are going to be hidden in it.

[davidnagel]

Excuse my panic as I watched, thinking that thing was MDF and you all weren't wearing respirators at all...

[mverta]

It was MDF and we all weren't wearing respirators at all.  However, the MDF is Medite, which is made without formaldehyde in the adhesive. 

[bjones]

Draco is mini you. The looks, the intelligence behind his eyes. He's Mike 2.0.

Bx

[mverta]

Well he's an improvement, for sure

[mverta]

While my struggle to find antique glass makers continues, I figured I'd better start getting a resin/acrylic version together.  I've begun my tests by molding an existing, actual pane of glass and will be formulating a correct tinting during the casting phase.  Because I don't have a vacuum de-gasser (yet) the mold has a billion tiny air bubbles in it, but it appears they're not on the surface of the mold, merely in the substrate.  If I like the results of this test, I'll be redoing it anyway in a different silicone than what I used here (just had it lying around the house), but the clear nature of it helps to gauge thickness when pouring the casting material.

[mverta]

First test casting in Crystal Clear 202 urethane resin.




Crude, but this'll work - the micro surface deformations are on the original, and the index of refraction is a surprisingly close match.  I'm going to move to properly molding the panes and working on the color formulation.

[mverta]

Gearing up for the final CNC run...