Machinist's Tie Fighter build! This model was made as part of NYCCNC's 'make a tie fighter challenge' in January 2020.
My concept was to primarily use manual machining methods to make the ship. The CNC router was employed to add a greebled recess in each wing, which then enabled the dark panels on the wings using a cold blue (selenium dioxide) solution.
I may do a follow up video on getting better better cold blue results.

I'm aware that CNC routers are not a great choice for milling steel, I kept my spindle speed low as practical (and thus feed as well) and used my smallest endmill to avoid excessive surface speed burning it up. It did struggle with cutting the steel, but who am I to argue with the result?

And yes, I know there are still face mill marks on the wing, I didn't make the recess deep enough couldn't sand much deeper. BUT if you listen to George Lucas discuss the Star Wars world, he intentionally made things 'dirty and used' to make it more realistic. So I'm justifying it as being 'in with the Star Wars look'!

NYC CNC's video:
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-- Star Wars nerd, out