Brainstorming, but not coming up with what you asked for. I still think one of these ideas might help, so here they are.
I pictured using a key-hole tool to make the hole in the top surface of the wood about 5.8mm for a 6mm ball, then 6mm from about .2mm below the surface down to 3.2mm below the surface. Pressure should get the ball in tight. Pressure through the hole in back should push the ball back out. the surface behind being a cylinder shape instead of a sphere shape might not significantly affect the appearance. If going with the sphere shaped recess, glus could be applied with 4.5mm dia. tubing dipped in the glue of your choice, and then pressed against the spherical hole. the glue would clear a 2mm thru hole, but perhaps not show through the top. If the tubing is spring loaded in the Z axis, Z tolerance against the wood could be near 0.5mm. On 10/09/2012 08:25 AM, Roland Jollivet wrote: > I am making small decorative personal gifts using thin wood > > >>(5-6mm - 1/4 > > >>inch thick) and 6mm diameter colored glass balls (small > > >>marbles). > > >> > > >>A pattern of shaped holes is cut in the wood with a small > > >>cnc router > > >>using 2 tools. A 1/4 ball nose mill cuts to > > >>approximately 4mm depth. A > > >>3/16 tool then cuts the rest of the way through he wood. > > >>additional > > >>surface patterns may also be cut. > > >> > > >>The balls are then glued into the holes with a clear > > >>adhesive ( > > >>currently a thinned clear caulking compound). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Don't let slow site performance ruin your business. Deploy New Relic APM Deploy New Relic app performance management and know exactly what is happening inside your Ruby, Python, PHP, Java, and .NET app Try New Relic at no cost today and get our sweet Data Nerd shirt too! http://p.sf.net/sfu/newrelic-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
