DIY: Carve your own butterfly with the CNC router
Dennis van Hoof Dennis van Hoof
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 Published On Jun 4, 2020

By Dennis Van Hoof, from Top o' Arts (topoarts.com).

This video shows you the steps to carve a butterfly from plywood with the CNC router, and fill the wings with colored epoxy resin. The GCode files can be downloaded here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JNKC... (a 6x8 inch version, and a 150x200 mm version).

Materials:
- Plywood: 5 mm thick 2x4 feet underlayment (from Home Depot), cut to 6x8 inch (150x200 mm) panels
- Router bit: 1/8 straight bit (from HQMaster at Amazon)
- Tape: 3M Duct tape type 2979 (from Amazon or home improvement store)
- Epoxy resin: Table Top Epoxy Resin kit (from the Epoxy Resin Store)
- Epoxy pigments: Mica Pigment Powder "Neon Color Set" (from Stardust Micas at Amazon)
- Sanding paper: coarse 80 or 120 grit sheet (from Home Depot)

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