While most of us (if we’re lucky) get to follow our passion into the workplace, Julie Pedalino from Lenexa Kansas has found a way to combine not one but two of her passions into an exciting new startup company called Pedalino Bicycles. I wanted to give you a quick sneak peek of one of Julie’s cool projects.
Shown below are the 4 Axis RhinoCAM toolpaths for one of Julie’s custom-made bicycle frames. The vector line drawing of her own graphic design (shown below) is wrapped onto the outer cylindrical Rhino surface. Then using RhinoCAM’s 4 Axis toolpath strategies (Pocketing, Profiling, Engraving, and Drilling) the design is brought to life on her 4 Axis CNC machining center and Mach3 controller. We’ll be publishing further details of this project and more from Pedalino Bicycles in the coming weeks so stay with us!
(Main Image) RhinoCAM is performing the cut material simulation of a 4 Axis Profiling toolpath. Julie created the vector line drawing of her our graphic design (Top Right) and wrapped it onto the cylindrical surface in Rhino. The 4 Axis CNC machining center and the completed component set are shown on the right.
(Left) Julie’s 4 Axis CNC machining center in action cutting RhinoCAM toolpaths from a 4130 Steel sleeve. (Right) we see the completed Bi-laminate Lug with Sleeve.
Julie Pedalino is also a professional artist and graphic designer! Here we see the awesome “Thistle” graphic artwork that Julie created for the for the 4 Axis RhinoCAM project shown above.
If you’re a bicycle junkie like me, we invite you to see Julie’s work at pedalinobicycles.com and also on Facebook and Instagram!