5 Simple Christmas CNC Projects
Introduction
Looking for DIY projects you can make on your CNC milling machine ?
Here are 5 CNC projects you can download for free and easily make for the holidays.
Vinyl record holder
Any vinyl record lovers in your friends and family ? This is the perfect gift for them, but it can also be used as a very stylish picture frame.
Materials
To make this project, we chose 18 mm pine plywood, but you can use any material you like. You'll need a stock that is at least 196 x 175 mm.
The pins are made of 4 mm brass round bar.
The two pieces of the frame are simply glued in place using regular wood glue and a spring clamp (you can also nail it if you do have spring clamps).
Files
| Fusion 360 project and Gcode |
Candle holders
Candle holders are perfect to bring the Christmas spirit to your house or on the Christmas dining table! This candle holder can host a standard tealight candle.
Materials
To make this project, you need stock that is 100 x 100 mm from any material you like (we used oak - beech and cherry). The stock needs to be 17 mm, 25 mm or 35 mm thick.
Files
| Fusion 360 project and Gcode |
Deer bottle holder
Our reindeer bottle holder will definitely catch the attention of all the wine lovers at your Christmas table ! It is also a great gift for anybody who likes wine.
Materials
To make this project, we chose 18 mm pine plywood, but you can use any material you like. You'll need a stock that is at least 470 x 280 mm.
As this project uses dog bones to connect the pieces together, you'll have to edit them in Fusion360 if you want to use another thickness of material.
Files
| Fusion 360 project and Gcode |
Flat pack Christmas trees
Ecological alternative to real Christmas trees, our pine plywood versions are a great project to occupy kids during the holidays! You can pin nails on it to hang your decoration, or you can also directly paint the tree to decorate them!
Materials
To make this project, we chose 18 mm pine plywood, but you can use any material you like.
As this project uses dog bones to connect the pieces together, you'll have to edit them in Fusion360 if you want to use another thickness of material.
For the 60 cm version, you need two pieces that are at least 375 x 560 mm and one that's 300 x 300 mm.
For the 40 cm version, you need two pieces that are at least 245 x 370 mm and one that's 200 x 200 mm.
For the 25 cm version, you need two pieces that are at least 160 x 240 mm and one that's 120 x 120 mm.
Files
| Fusion 360 project and Gcode |
3D wooden bow-tie
Very popular but still a very original accessory, a wooden bow-tie is a perfect gift to make for Christmas! We gave a nice 3D texture to ours to make it very unique.
Materials
You can make this project out of any material you like, but we chose solid beech for our. You need a stock that is at least 110 x 40 x 9 mm and 2 pieces of fabric. One needs to be 2 cm wide and 4 cm long, the other 1 cm wide and 25 cm long.
Once you have all your pieces cut and your bow-tie milled, first glue the long piece of fabric to the back of the bow-tie and then wrap the wider piece around the assembly to match the picture. You can use regular super glue for this.
Files
| Fusion 360 project and Gcode |
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