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Wooden Plumeria
Wooden Plumeria
Final Wooden Plumeria
I designed and machined multiple wooden plumeria flowers on a CNC router for my grandparents' grave in Hawaii. Unfortunately, my family does not get to visit my grandparents' grave often and I wanted to design something to leave at their grave that would last longer than typical flowers.
Designing the Plumeria
Designing the Plumeria
For this project I used Autodesk Inventor to design the flower. I ended up creating two versions. The first one was a smaller 1 inch flower made out of Red Oak and the second flower was 2.5 inches in diameter that was made out of Purpleheart.Â
To do the CAM for the plumeria, I used Autodesk HSM to create all the toolpaths. This was my first project that I used 3D toolpaths for. For this project I had to teach myself how 3D toolpaths work, and I did a lot of research to learn how to properly use Autodesk HSM. Overall, through doing this project I learned a lot.
Manufacturing the Wood Plumeria
Manufacturing the Wood Plumeria
1.) Top Half of Plumeria
2.) Bottom Half of Plumeria
3.) Cutting Out the Plumeria
4.) Applying Wood Finish
To machine this wood plumeria I had to do two machining operations for each side of the plumeria. Before starting, I screwed the wood board to the CNC router. I first did one machining operation on the top half of the plumeria. I then unscrewed the board, flipped it, and did the second half of the plumeria. After finishing all the machining operations, I cut out the work holding tabs on the flower and sanded the flower. Lastly, I applied wood finish to the plumeria.
Additional Photos and Video
Additional Photos and Video
IMG_5313.MOVVideo of Machining the Plumeria (Warning: Video Audio is Loud)
Plumeria at Grandparents' Grave
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