I just wanted to share my first experience with PhotoVcarve and Aspire. The table is roughly 30"X90". I had my doubts when I was milling the Photo, but as you can see it all came out all right!
The entire table, legs and skirt is made from a single piece of 4x8 1/2" birch plywood. I had the customer bring in the wood they wanted to use. I then cut the top which is 90"X30". I then clamped it on my Techno and proceeded to mill out the pict. I didn't do any pretreating. While everything was milling, I cut out the legs, skirt and supports. After the routing was done for the lettering (120 vcarve bit) and the circles (1/4" downshear) I then gave it a light sanding to knock off any large fray. After that I gave it a heavy coat of sanding sealer. Spray paint was next on the list, followed by the large sanding with first 100 then 150 grit. The face sheet of veneer is very thin so you cant sand forever with 100 but, the sanding sealer coat does a nice job of keeping the spray paint on the surface. The last step after everything was sanded and assembled was to give everything a few coats of Quick 15. The next day it was out the door!
It was a quick project that lasted about 2 afternoons. Here are some picts of the first table I did and a screen shot from PhotoVcarve.
