CNC router technique with vertical tabs - Carving a frog on a leaf

By Dennis Van Hoof, from Top o' Arts (). This video shows the process of carving a frog from a branch and epoxy resin with the Shapeoko, using a technique with vertical, instead of the conventional horizontal tabs, to secure the stock in place. Those vertical tabs were then used to accurately position the frog on a leaf, that was also carved with the Shapeoko from a tree trunk slice with an average diameter of 500 mm. Software used: - Meshmixer to modify the frog and leaf, and create the tabs