2397 CNC in bubinga

[Wardsweb]

I liked Lee's horns but still wanted a better esthetic, so I decided to have a pair CNC'd in some 1" bubinga I have. Here is a sneek peak of today's run. I'll have more pics next week after assembly. I plan to also CNC some stands out of the same wood. With some oil these are going to look SWEET!

I was happy to see the dense wood machine so clean. They will require only light finish sanding.

[louped garouv]

SWEET!

took the word right out of my mouth....

[Mr. Widget]

Very cool... keep the pictures coming!

Widget

[Wardsweb]

I tried to get it cutting but the head moving caused the auto focus to not focus. Damn phone camera. Still it did an incredible job of machinging the lip with no ridges. It's smooth to the touch. This sheet took about an hour. So half an hour per.

[Allanvh5150]

Nice job. Using a CNC is almost like cheating but the time saving and accuracy is incredible!

Allan.

[Wardsweb]

A full set. I still need to finish sand as these are still raw from the CNC.

[Wardsweb]

They start going together.

[Wardsweb]

[spkrman57]

I wish I could work wood like that, I just make great sawdust!

Ron

[Mr. Widget]

Get her sanded and finished and you will have one more treasure! Well Done!!


Widget

[Wardsweb]

Ok sanding was a lot more of a task than I had anticipated. The very hardness that made machining nice, makes sanding difficult. I ended up using 120 grit on a random orbital palm sander to get the paper to even cut. I then hand blocked a little with some 320. Running your hand over it, you would think it had been finished in 600 grit.

Here is a picture as the first coat of Danish oil was going on.

[Woody Banks]

Very very nice indeed! Bubinga is an outstanding species but as you have found out, it is harder than woodpecker lips.

[Lee in Montreal]

Very nice quality of wood. Congratulation for the nice work. Perhaps it is not too late. May I suggest to sand down to a rounder shape that edge at the mouth. You could have a big radius there.

[richluvsound]

Beautiful work .... always loved the way the grain of Bubinga just jack-knifes on you. Especially like the aluminium ... Nice touch

Rich

[Wardsweb]

Very nice quality of wood. Congratulation for the nice work. Perhaps it is not too late. May I suggest to sand down to a rounder shape that edge at the mouth. You could have a big radius there.

Yes that is the plan. I wanted to get some oil on the inside of the horn before I glue it together.