Milling Machine Made Entirely From Lego

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Milling Machine Made Entirely From Lego
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OK, almost entirely: The actual cutting is done by a metal drill bit. Everything else, however, is Lego system elements. It looks like the machine uses a “raster” type subtractive process, covering the surface of a florist’s foam block in a close-packed grid of holes, each of which is drilled to an appropriate depth to form the final surface contours. It doesn’t look like it works at all, until maker Arthur Sacek turns on the hair drier to blow away the chaff. Then the magic happens. [via The Brothers Brick]

16 thoughts on “Milling Machine Made Entirely From Lego

  1. George Hadley says:

    ” It doesn’t look like it works at all, until maker Arthur Sacek turns on the hair drier to blow away the chaff.”

    From the video, he actually sucks it up with a vaccuum cleaner, but close enough ;-)

  2. Anonymous says:

    Is floral foam any good for making a cast? Is it to brittle or porous?

    1. Ken Reese says:

      Both. But, if it works on floral foam you might be able to build one that cuts plaster or something a little tougher.

  3. Anonymous says:

    Is floral foam any good for making a cast? Is it to brittle or porous?

  4. Franking Machine says:

    This is  a nice post for me.I get a good knowledge from that. It looks like the machine uses a “raster” type subtractive process.This is a great article.I appreciate to this post.Thanks to share this well informative blog.Keep it up.

  5. Franking Machine says:

    This is  a nice post for me.I get a good knowledge from that. It looks like the machine uses a “raster” type subtractive process.This is a great article.I appreciate to this post.Thanks to share this well informative blog.Keep it up.

  6. riya kapoor says:

    Thank you for sharing such a nice information with us .
    I would like to say that  i am having site which provide information about Coordinate measuring machine

  7. riya kapoor says:

    Thank you for sharing such a nice information with us .
    I would like to say that  i am having site which provide information about Coordinate measuring machine

  8. frost sandler says:

    wow! this is amazing how would you able to made this without a machine? because I’m looking or a good milling machine that will last longer, durable but cheap price.

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