MAS 863 - How to Make Almost Anything Fall 2004

Amon Millner
millner [at] media.mit.edu E15-020F, 20 Ames st, Cambridge, MA 02142
Weekly Assignments
NC Milled Mold for Buttons
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The machine  
Project files

file dump

The design in FeatureCam software  
A broken end mill bit

Notice that the channels to the buttons were not milled in this mold. This broken mold resulted from trying to go too deep into the aluminum (.22" depth) with a tiny 1/16" end mill
A finished mold
The ready-to-use-mold