Finger labyrinth

[difalkner]

A friend asked if I could make a finger labyrinth for his son. I grabbed a photo off the Internet, did some modifications, and cut this out of Maple for him.  It's about 11.5" diameter and finished in Nitrocellulose lacquer.

 

 

 

David

[Gunny]

Very unique, love it!!

[Cal]

x2 Gunny!

[Artie]

Way cool, and even though I’m probably not ever gonna attempt one, I would be interested in how you managed to make this. It looks very difficult (as well as way cool).

[difalkner]

Thanks, Guys!  I found an image online, Artie, modified it in CorelDraw, exported it to Fusion 360, then chose tooling and generated a toolpath. 

 

It took an hour to get the drawing right, 10 minutes to prep the wood, and 4 minutes to cut on the CNC (3 minutes for the groove and 1 minute to cut the outer profile, including tool change). Then another 10 minutes of sanding followed by spraying a coat of sealer on both sides, sanded again, then a finish coat of gloss lacquer for a total finishing time of an hour or so.

So the least amount of time for this was the CNC but it was also the most significant and noticeable part of the job.

 

David

[Artie]

I bet it wouldn’t be that simple sounding for me LOL.

[Gunny]

4 hours ago, difalkner said:

I found an image online, Artie, modified it in CorelDraw, exported it to Fusion 360, then chose tooling and generated a toolpath. 

 

We talking woodworking or nuclear physics???  

[difalkner]

36 minutes ago, Gunny said:

 

We talking woodworking or nuclear physics???  

They're different?  Cool!

 

David

[FlGatorwood]

As a local painter asked me, "Do you sell?"  That is awesome.  It just needs a storage pod for the marble.  

[difalkner]

Thanks!  Thinking about selling them, Steve.  I guess you could run a marble down the groove.  The 6-year old I made this for has trouble going to sleep and his parents thought that if he could run his finger along the groove while he was trying to settle down for sleep that this might help.  So I guess it's supposed to be soothing.

 

David

[Cal]

On 5/21/2020 at 11:08 PM, FlGatorwood said:

It just needs a storage pod for the marble.

 

I thought that was what that little divot at the 5:00 position was?

[MarkSR]

Are you willing to share the files you used. I use VCarve so anything I can import into it would be much appreciated. I'm a member of our local men's shed and am just starting my CNC journey.

[difalkner]

7 hours ago, MarkSR said:

Are you willing to share the files you used. I use VCarve so anything I can import into it would be much appreciated. I'm a member of our local men's shed and am just starting my CNC journey.

When I get my computer back, sure.  Right now it's in the shop for an upgrade.  Hoping I get it back tomorrow.

[Grandpadave52]

7 hours ago, MarkSR said:

Are you willing to share the files you used. I use VCarve so anything I can import into it would be much appreciated. I'm a member of our local men's shed and am just starting my CNC journey.

Welcome Mark to The Patriot Woodworker. Great to have you on board and especially from the UK. Look around and if you have any questions don't hesitate to ask. We love pictures so hope you'll share what's happening in your shop as well as your part of the world. Looking forward to your on-going participation with us.

[4DThinker]

Nicely done!    Inspired a memory of mine about a maze toy that kids could share.   Essential the same on the top, but the bottom had a shallow domed surface.  Kids could work together to tip the maze to direct a marble around it by tipping it different directions.  I believe there were a few traps the marble might slip into if you weren't quick and careful. Marble would roll down and out to inspire/require a restart if it fell into the trap(s).    

4D

[difalkner]

On 9/4/2024 at 1:49 PM, MarkSR said:

Are you willing to share the files you used

Check your messages; note sent so we can correspond via email.

[jgehrer]

Are you willing to share the cnc files?  I would love to have my middle school woodshop students make these for our elementary school classrooms.

[difalkner]

On 10/15/2024 at 7:35 AM, jgehrer said:

Are you willing to share the cnc files?

I can but it will be next week at the earliest.  My SSD containing all my CAD/CAM files crashed and I shipped the drive off for recovery.  I heard from them yesterday that they successfully recovered my files but it will probably be next week before I see them again.

 

Oh, and welcome to the forum! 

 

Edit - for those of you keeping score, my computer failed so I upgraded to the latest greatest CPU and motherboard, then my file storage SSD went south; all within about a 6 week period. 

Edited October 16, 2024 by difalkner

[KevTN]

Nice project.