Hi Albert,
The bulk of parts are 1/4 to 1/2" ply, which I did w/ the cnc router. For the design/plans I used from D Hugger, I think the design would have allowed profiling of the teeth with a 1/4" bit, but I did it all w/ 1/8 to save tool changes, as some of the spot faces/pockets were smaller than a 1/4" bit could do. The rest of the work requires several different sizes of drill bits. There was really nothing fancy or hard involved. Just some planning on where to leave tabs to hold parts, etc. I should also mention I used tabs in addition to a vac table, as vacuum alone couldn't hold all parts, and I did have a few 're-do's' due to part movement, etc.
I'm a fan of whiteside router bits, but brand isn't as important as style of bit for what you're doing. Ie, use a downcut, or at least a compression bit for plywood like this.
There was a fair bit of 1/8" ply parts to, I did those with laser cutter, but certainly they are all doable w/ a router if you have some sort of vac table arrangement to hold the parts down.
To give an ideal of the ops/bits involved in some of the parts, heres a screenshot of VCarve toolpaths:
As you can see, its a whole lot of drilling different sized holes
followed by pocketing and profiling w/ a 1/8" downcut bit.
Just give it a go! worst thing that happens, you mess up a few parts, have to buy some more material, and you learn as you go.
regards,
Eric
