Paper Rose Carving

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Paul_n
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Paper Rose Carving

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I found a hand made greeting card that someone had made a paper-pulp insert, and had pressed
it into a mold. I have a Roland Picza, and thought with its very light touch, I would be able to
probe the paper. The paper was 3x5". I loaded the probed .stl file into Cut3D, and scaled it to 8x12",

It was then cut into a 1" Spanish Cedar, using a 1/8" round nose bit, which took about 4 hours
on my ShopBot. Did a light ‘mop’ sanding, and sprayed it with shellac.

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Great job Paul!

Tim

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Paul,
As always, another great job. I like your creativity.

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Post by gregb »

Thats impressive work! Thanks for posting the pictures.

How long did it take to probe the 3x5 card and what stepover did you use with the probe?

Thanks,

Greg

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Tim, Andy & Greg...

Thanks for the comments....

Greg, the Pizca, has the ability to get rather fine detail, as the probe is like a 'pin' point, as I remember I had the program set at .008". As I wanted to get all the detail, and at the same time, knew that when I cut it, I also did not want to have to do much sanding, again because of the detail. As it was the .stl file from the Roland was 10mb.

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Post by JamesB »

Paul,
that came out well and is an interesting demonstration of how sensitive the picza is. While the Picza is very slow at scanning the beauty of it is you can just leave it going while you do something else, even if it takes 2 or 3 days! Even though they no longer make it there is still nothing I have seen which gets close to its "off the machine" quality for the price.
Cheers,
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Post by DavidCousins »

Paul, Awesome job. Thanks for the inspiration. I'm working on a DIY 3D laser scanner. I'm hoping to do stuff like this with it one day.

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Finished !!

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I just got this done in time for a Christmas gift for the wife.

I used a product called "Baroque Art Gilders Paste". It is a highly pigmented, wax-based product. See at:
http://turtlefeathers.com/text/products ... paste.html

I am really happy with the effect, and the ease of using it.


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Post by Turtle49 »

That is exceptional!

Very nice, you've inspired me to try something.
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Post by dasch »

Wow!
Fantastic work.
Nice subtle coloration too.
Bravo!

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Post by Paul_n »

Thanks guys, for the comments !!

I think it will be a big hit, Christmas morn...


Merry Christmas, guys !

Paul

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Wow Fantanstic... Yes someone is going to be real happy Christmas morn thanks for sharing

Kent

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Paper Rose Carving

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Paul - that is truely a beautiful piece of work. Thank you for posting the name of the product you used to finish it, I have been looking for just such a finish, I will be able to get it in Detroit - thanks again.

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Jim...

Thanks for the comment.....

The place I bought mine was:

http://turtlefeathers.com/text/products ... paste.html

They sell it in smaller tins, plus have some usage data available, that I found helpful... The tins I got where $6.50 ea. They also sell the full set of colors available.

They also have another product that I bought, but have not used as yet, that is the "InLace Inlay Product". This also is available in different colors.


Merry Christmas !!
Enjoy !!
Paul

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Post by studysession »

Very nice work.

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