Timber Christmas - Red Cedar timber coasters // CNC // Workbee // ASMR

A little Christmas spirit for my timber friends! Beautiful red cedar timber coasters made with my workbee CNC machine by ooznest. Timber purchased through a fantastic timber guy at NewEarthTimber in QLD.
This was an experiment to combine painting and engraving successfully using a gold powder. These came up better than I hoped for and wanted to share in the holiday spirit.
If you want to get hold of my dxf files, I'm still working on a good platform to host my files, however feel free to send me an email at [e-mail]
Happy holidays everyone! Stay safe :)

[@MegaSoyaMan]

Nice work , 👍🏾 thanks to share

[@supadeluxe]

Nicely shot video. Very cool project too.

[@NEWTechCreative]

Thanks @Dale Nimmo 😄

[@gizmobowen]

I'm looking for a simple CNC project that uses Fusion 360 for the CAD and CAM. This seems like a good candidate. If you have time, I would appreciate it if you did a video on your workflow. I'm still trying to understand Fusion and how to use it with my CNC and a simple starter project would be helpful. I expect I'm not the only one who this would help.

[@NEWTechCreative]

Great suggestion @gizmo bowen . I’ll definitely consider this!! I remember when I started down the CNC rabbit hole and wished that there was a go to video to wrap my head around the process and workflow. I will attempt to create a video to cover this in the next few months…. Unfortunately time is hard to find but I will do my best 😁

[@JohnColgan.]

My 1st attempt using Cedar was not good, very stringy fibres, edges & urface chipping away. Debris remains in V-Carve lettering.
What can i do to stabilise Cedar for machining?

[@NEWTechCreative]

Great question! Unfortunately depending on the density of different types of timbers, this can be a common issue. Here are some possible solutions that I have used:
- manually sand
- when cutting any tool path, make a 2 finish passes on the same height. If you can figure out how to do this in reverse on the 2nd pass, even better!
- apply a fast setting lacquer or sealant to harden the fibers in between final passes.
- change vbit tool to a sharper version.
- use cactus juice to stabilize timber before cutting (this is over kill!!)
Final choice:
- don’t use this timber for detailed carvings… there might be more dense Cedar timber or chose another species.