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Here is a sign from customer concept sketches through 3 D design and Carving.
When Honest John was up here he convince me to use Offset Tool paths instead or Raster... He said it was faster and required less clean up.
I cant prove the faster part, but it certainly requires less Clean up. I think it is cleaner because you are not carving with or straight across the grain. But would be interested in everyones thoughts on that ..
This is sign is 72" x 36", the max Z depth is 1.1. I carved it with no roughing path, just an Offset Tool path with a .25 " ball nose. It ran well at 300 IPM. Carving time was 9 hours, 35 minutes.
First Picture is the concept sketch from the client.
2nd is a photo reference she used to explain her Sheep Rams posture.
3rd is a photo of the view from their place that she wanted used as a layout and color reference.
4th is a first rough path at the model using some existing sheep models I had.
5th is the final model ready to carve. She changed the design from 72" x 48", down to 72" x 36" in order to fit the budget.
6th picture is the carving just up on the CNC table.
7th picture is the painting stage. A bit of clean up remains, and I ended up sanding the white paint off the Ring to show off the Wood.
Painting time was just over 2 hours.
When Honest John was up here he convince me to use Offset Tool paths instead or Raster... He said it was faster and required less clean up.
I cant prove the faster part, but it certainly requires less Clean up. I think it is cleaner because you are not carving with or straight across the grain. But would be interested in everyones thoughts on that ..
This is sign is 72" x 36", the max Z depth is 1.1. I carved it with no roughing path, just an Offset Tool path with a .25 " ball nose. It ran well at 300 IPM. Carving time was 9 hours, 35 minutes.
First Picture is the concept sketch from the client.
2nd is a photo reference she used to explain her Sheep Rams posture.
3rd is a photo of the view from their place that she wanted used as a layout and color reference.
4th is a first rough path at the model using some existing sheep models I had.
5th is the final model ready to carve. She changed the design from 72" x 48", down to 72" x 36" in order to fit the budget.
6th picture is the carving just up on the CNC table.
7th picture is the painting stage. A bit of clean up remains, and I ended up sanding the white paint off the Ring to show off the Wood.
Painting time was just over 2 hours.
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