From CAD Drawing to Metal

The machine, the drawing, the product!

CAD/CAM Engine Turning machine about to cut 9 of the discs illustrated below.

A CAD toolpath drawing of a tenerife rose. The rose was generated from a photograph, the leaves were drawn into the 3D CAD module by hand as a wireframe.

The finished disc, with the addition of coloured resin. The effect is an advance on ordinary bass taille enamel due to the reflections from the fine engine turned lines which is what creates the shimering highlights you can only nearly see here.