The Cross
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The brief was to make an ornate cross, 90mm high by 65mm wide with scrolly work in it..
I drew the base with Rhino to get us as far as a weight estimate then filled it in with tsplines for the curly wurly stuff
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The Tsplines base geometry
![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_E5AvLF8D7WU/TddLuNHKY2I/AAAAAAAADaU/Bgk80Wgg6JM/s640/tsplinesview.jpg)
A close up of the geometry layout
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and the render.
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_E5AvLF8D7WU/TddK8OWjr7I/AAAAAAAADZ8/tmiPs1FI7ho/s640/Cross%20ready.JPG)
Deskproto(64bit) made childs play of the 116mb mesh file...
![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_E5AvLF8D7WU/TddK7hXWvcI/AAAAAAAADZ4/6Z7otOUMb2U/s640/DeskProto.JPG)
then off to the mill.. roughing.. big ol block of wax
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and after the rough out on three sides the final pass with a fine cutter
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and finally the first cut is done, the two short arms..
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here is a quick clip to keep you interested untill the next post
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[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UY9RSIjCvJs[/video]