CNC Egg Shell Engraving




This is a CNC egg shell hollow out engraving procedure.
Prepare a Pic

Get a image from the net or create your own image.
Compress the Height of the Pic to About 77% of Original

The aim is to compensate the image distortion from flat surface to curve surface.
Sort Out the Sharp Corners From the Image

As egg shell is very brittle, need to cut away the sharp corners at the beginning.
Sort Out the Protruded Portions of the Image

Protruded portions will be broken easily. Need also to route the profile of the protruded portions at the beginning.
Construct Some Straight Lines

The aim is to break the cut away egg shell portions into small pieces.
Prepare He Final Profile of the Image

Prepare he final profile of the image as for final profile cutting.
Prepare the G-code
Prepare the G-codes from each image. Use Inkscape, ArtCam or else.
And merge the G-codes into a single G-code file.
Egg Shell Engraving

Do the egg shell engraving by a CNC egg shell engraving machine.
Cleaning

Clean the egg shell by bleaching solution.