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Hey all
Here is a live edge sign I made no 3D carving but the torched finished ,I think came out pretty good.

Hi All
I got the flag done, haven't given it to him yet.
Here are the finished pics, 3 coats semi gloss poly ,a alum french cleat to hang it with.
and a torched accent.
I also put 2 recessed magnets on the back of the badge and flag to hold the badge to the flag

The flag is made from a left over ...

Hi all
I wanted to post an update on my 3D carving progress.
I'm making a wooden flag , that you probable have all seen on the web.
I'm making it for my step dad, he has worked or served his country most of his adult life.
It's just a little thank you project.

It's not finished yet ,but I wanted to ...

So I have a little progress to report, with the help from Sword with the smoothing settings and some more time on the machine I gave it another go.
Its 17X24 roughly, 2 in thick pine
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Machine time was about 14 hrs at 120 ipm with a 1mm tapered 2 flute ball nose EM 10% step over and 60 deg bit for ...

That is just awesome Scott,
Nice design too.

Out of curiosity how do you charge for work?
I think I'll half your 3d settings and see what happens.
Thanks
Todd

That is just awesome Scott,
Nice design too.

Out of curiosity how do you charge for work?
I think I'll half your 3d settings and see what happens.
Thanks
Todd

Hey Scott
Thanks for the PP file.
I finally had time to try it out.
I just used your file as is except for the dust collector
I had to change the M7 to M8 and uncomment it.
Oh ya one other thing I had to change was the naming of the smoothing profiles to match.

Worked perfect just like you said ...

Hey Scott
Thanks for the PP file.
I finally had time to try it out.
I just used your file as is except for the dust collector
I had to change the M7 to M8 and uncomment it.
Oh ya one other thing I had to change was the naming of the smoothing profiles to match.

Worked perfect just like you said ...

Hey Scott
Well I thew caution to the wind and plugged in your V-carve smoothing profile and went for it. :D

And I must say my machine was a lot less jerky at the corners and the Z was more fluid doing the lettering.
Bonus... didn't seem to add any more time to the jobs, all right around 2hrs 9 min ...

Hey Scott
Well I thew caution to the wind and plugged in your V-carve smoothing profile and went for it. :D

And I must say my machine was a lot less jerky at the corners and the Z was more fluid doing the lettering.
Bonus... didn't seem to add any more time to the jobs, all right around 2hrs 9 min ...