Santa’s Magic Key

A young Beki once asked, “How does Santa deliver our presents if we don’t have a chimney?” Her mom replied, “With a Magic Key, of course!” Inspired by this charming tradition, Beki has created a project that brings this magical story to life.

In this project, Beki explores two of her favorite functionalities in Aspire: 3D modeling and two-sided machining. She guides you step-by-step on how to create a full 3D model of a skeleton key. Beki demonstrates the use of two modeling tools—the turn and spin tool, and the powerful interactive create shape tools—to model the key quickly and seamlessly. She also shares a fail-safe method for flipping your material to ensure perfect X and Y alignment when machining both the top and bottom sides.

This project is available for both Aspire and VCarve users, where Aspire users can explore the building blocks that Beki created to build the finished model. For VCarve users we have included the Key V3M file that you can import and create your own file too!

If you are new to two sided machining you may also find these video’s useful too:

https://www.vectric.com/support/tutorials/aspire/?playlist=two-sided-machining

We hope you like this project! Got a question? Drop them in the comments below and we’ll get back to you ASAP!