Managed to get this carved this weekend. Router quit midway on finish cut (brushes), broke the bit (duh), had a spare router so was able to finish :surprise:.
2x6 redwood decking from Lowes glued up to 20" x 32".
The *.stl's were the map and another that I just used the frame from and baked the two together.
1/4 for rough, 1/8 for finish.
Golden pecan stain.
Trust me, you don't wanna know how long it took .... :wink:
Wow , your putting out some incredible pieces Gale. There's some incredible detail in this carving.
I had to show my friend some of your past work , and he was quite amazed to say the least.
I told my buddy about building a simular CNC to yours , and he was just like these other guys.
He said , maybe get your garage insulated first
That is spectacular. That's an understatement. This set into a beautiful wood slab, forming a sort of frame, would look like a bronze plaque.
To Rainman, seems to me you can't let such precision devices live in a frozen garage. Going to ruin circuit boards, affect the wood of a home made unit, and probably cause all kinds of complications.
Go ahead and tell them how long it took. I thought roughing took a long time with all the passes, until I used a 1/8 ball nose to finish. Just think how long a 1/16 takes. Trouble is, people won't pay for your time and trouble. Just like people that make knitted and crocheted stuff, and other hand made original items.
Yes! It is definitely fun!!! I'm glad I don't totally rely on receiving payment for such goods! That would no doubt discourage me from even attempting to do these carvings. It's kinda funny, my router quit about a fourth into the finish cut (brushes). I had a spare in my router table so was able to switch and finish. Even with that and the resulting broken bit, I was glad I was not doing this as a paying job. That would have been really sour.
Kinda wish I'd have went with a 1/16" finish cut now :dance3:, eh, maybe next time ....
gtsharp, This is a master piece. The size alone is incredible. I would trade my uh, left arm to be able to learn how to do this. This is just, well words cannot describe this work. You Sir are not a craftsman, but you are a Master Artist. Thanks for showing this.
I make wood jewelry so most of the time working small. I do a lot of rest machining with bits down to 1/32" to get the most detail from the model I can get.
If your roughing pass gets the majority of the waste removed you could isolated the areas you want to use the 1/16 " bit on and just cut those with the smaller bit and machine the majority with the 1/8" bit instead of rest machining.
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