Greetings,
Well, I took my first stab at doing 3D. It is the main thing I've wanted to do since buying my Shopbot over 3 years ago. I'm grateful to Vectric and the Vector Art 3D guys for making something so cool, so affordable.
So, this sign is for my company (Digital Router Works), and my buddy's, who is a full time cabinet maker. He is really into tropical fish. So he has his fish tank stands on display at a local fish shop. We have done some neat carving, mostly with VCP, on some of his other stands. This sign is to go in the shop and advertise doing upgrades on doors and hoods for fish tanks, both V-carved images and 3D stuff, like the lighthouse.
The sign is done in knotty alder (hence the knot in the house at the base of the lighthouse). I ran a 1/4" ball mill for my roughing, and an 1/8" round nose bit @ 10% stepover for the finish. All lettering was done with VCP. We decided to glaze the lighthouse to give it some depth. Man, does every sanding flaw come out when you do that! Anyway, I'm pleased with how it came out. Hopefully, it brings more business my way.
Cheers,
Matt
Aquatic Furniture Sign
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Aquatic Furniture Sign
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Hi Guys,
Thanks for the kind words.
James, yep, post away. I would be flattered. You can contact me with board mail, or at matt@digitalrouterworks.com. My website is www.digitalrouterworks.com.
The sign was initially sprayed with lacquer. Once dry, I proceed to set the sign up on my machine. I cut some shallow passes around the squares for the "D", "R", and "W". I took some craft paint and painted those squares. Once dry, I set about carving the lighthouse. Once that was done, I covered the lettered section in Gerber Mask II, and cut the lettering. Painted the lettering, let dry, removed the mask, sanded the lighthouse, and shot the whole thing with another coat of lacquer. Once dry, I sanded the carving with 220 sandpaper, and I took some Sherwin Williams Van Dyke glaze and worked it into the carving. The edges where I didn't sand very well took the glaze the darkest. This bugged me at first, by I kind of liked the shadow effect. Once that was dry, I shot it all one more time with lacquer.
Hopefully, it will be on display this week. Now, I've just got to work out some pricing to go along with it.
-Matt
Thanks for the kind words.
James, yep, post away. I would be flattered. You can contact me with board mail, or at matt@digitalrouterworks.com. My website is www.digitalrouterworks.com.
The sign was initially sprayed with lacquer. Once dry, I proceed to set the sign up on my machine. I cut some shallow passes around the squares for the "D", "R", and "W". I took some craft paint and painted those squares. Once dry, I set about carving the lighthouse. Once that was done, I covered the lettered section in Gerber Mask II, and cut the lettering. Painted the lettering, let dry, removed the mask, sanded the lighthouse, and shot the whole thing with another coat of lacquer. Once dry, I sanded the carving with 220 sandpaper, and I took some Sherwin Williams Van Dyke glaze and worked it into the carving. The edges where I didn't sand very well took the glaze the darkest. This bugged me at first, by I kind of liked the shadow effect. Once that was dry, I shot it all one more time with lacquer.
Hopefully, it will be on display this week. Now, I've just got to work out some pricing to go along with it.
-Matt