Newbie to PVC

Gallery for images of work cut using PhotoVCarve
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large519
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Hi, newbie to pvc and thought I'd post a few pics of some photo's I was asked to do, plz let me know your thoughts.

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Mike-S
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Nicely done--really like the race car.

large519
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The car has to be my best so far. Still debating whether the wood dye I use is too dark for cherry wood, but i also think that it makes the photo stand out more.

tomjensenwisconsin
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Post by tomjensenwisconsin »

Wow - your car looks great.

I am so new at this. Can you tell me the settings you used along with the bit you used?

I appreciate any help you can provide (including finishing techniques)

Thank you again.

Tom

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martin54
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tomjensenwisconsin wrote:Wow - your car looks great.

I am so new at this. Can you tell me the settings you used along with the bit you used?

I appreciate any help you can provide (including finishing techniques)

Thank you again.

Tom
Tom your best bet would be to ask any questions that you have in the general section rather than add to a post in the gallery, will get more views that way & answers that are specific to your question, if you read the last few posts in this section & the general section there has been quite a bit of talk lately about settings & a couple of people have listed theirs.
ball nose dits seem to be quite popular, 1/16" or smaller & people are also using engraving bits to good effect.
Learn to trust the preview image, they seem to be very accurate for all the vectric products. I use vcp & if a job looks good in the preview I know it is good to cut.

tomjensenwisconsin
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Post by tomjensenwisconsin »

Thank you very much and I will use the general area. I appreciate it!

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Very nice work . They look great , how are you finishing them. thanks pops
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