Custom CNC timber job...

wire-screw · 2 Sep 2013 at 19:06

I wonder if the collective knowledge of the OcUK forums could give me an answer to this?

I have some timber sheets (cedar of Lebanon) which I need cutting into the panels to make a box for a subwoofer - I also want to holes cutting out for the driver and back panel I'm doing so it'll need to be CNCd to achieve the quality and accuracy I'm after. The trouble with the CNC is I want all the edges of all six panels to be 45° so I have a cube without any 'edge on faces' visible. Does anyone know of anywhere with this capability and will take my material?

Thanks

Dunks · 2 Sep 2013 at 19:08

Local wood yard/shop? I doubt you'd need to use CNC to achieve that, perfectly doable manually.

bitslice · 2 Sep 2013 at 19:17

well, manually with a router

wire-screw · 2 Sep 2013 at 19:26

bitslice said:
well, manually with a router

It's 25mm thick i can't do it well enough.

I have found what looks to be a capable local cabinet makers not usual on site carpenters. I will give them a ring tomorrow and see if they will help me.

bitslice · 2 Sep 2013 at 19:37

People rout deeper kitchen tops,
although you would need a decent table to make an accurate 45deg mitre.

Yep, a cabinet maker will have the right kit (a speaker being nothing more than a cabinet anyway)

Mark A · 2 Sep 2013 at 19:40

They might be expensive, but if a cabinet maker can't do it then no one can.

It smells gorgeous that timber. We used to use it for drawer bottoms when I dabbled in cabinet making.

wire-screw · 2 Sep 2013 at 19:49

Mark A said:
They might be expensive, but if a cabinet maker can't do it then no one can.

It smells gorgeous that timber. We used to use it for drawer bottoms when I dabbled in cabinet making.

Oh it does I love it!

Tachyon · 2 Sep 2013 at 20:47

Any joinery workshop should do that, it's a fairly simple job. Why do you need the holes so accurate that you think you'd need a cnc? You should be able to do them perfectly well with a router and a jig as not everywhere might have a cnc.

doofer · 2 Sep 2013 at 21:35

Try and get John Bercow to make them for you, they don't call him THE 'Mr. Speaker' for nothing.