My friend Jim (Chessnut2) gave me a book titled “Cowboys and Indians - An Illustrated History” and I have been trying to think how I could use it for a project. Most of the illustrations would be too difficult to carve freehand. But now that I have a CNC …
So, I thought I would combine carving both the fine detail of a pen and ink drawing by my favorite western artist Frederick Remington and experimenting with creating a weathered wood grain effect.
Here are the results. As you can see, the CNC can take a perfectly nice piece of select pine and quickly turn it into a weathered piece of old wood. The wood grain is just vectors created in V Carve and cut with a 60º V bit. Actually, everything was carved with the same V bit with the exception of the cutting out the outline of the board with a 1/8” straight bit. The piece is 5" x 11"
I think the woodgrain has great potential for future projects.
So, I thought I would combine carving both the fine detail of a pen and ink drawing by my favorite western artist Frederick Remington and experimenting with creating a weathered wood grain effect.
Here are the results. As you can see, the CNC can take a perfectly nice piece of select pine and quickly turn it into a weathered piece of old wood. The wood grain is just vectors created in V Carve and cut with a 60º V bit. Actually, everything was carved with the same V bit with the exception of the cutting out the outline of the board with a 1/8” straight bit. The piece is 5" x 11"
I think the woodgrain has great potential for future projects.
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