Also my first litho
- Perry
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Also my first litho
Here is my first attempt at a litho as well. Very impressed at the results. I was unable to find a cheap source of corian (though I am still looking), a recent trip through my local Home Depot in search of a translucent material, brought me to kitchen wares and the polyethylene<sp?> cutting boards. They are white, 0.500" thick and come in a couble of sizes. I milled mine down to 0.250" thick befor I even started. Rough cut with a 0.250" ballmill to a depth of 0.220" and did a finish pass with a 1/16" ball mill with a 15% stepover and cut to a depth of 0.245".
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- Perry
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Here is the rest of the gift. Due to light constraints, it is hard to get a photo of the litho and of the rest of the gift.
My uncle turn 65 recently and has never held a drivers licence, so I made him one complete with photo ID.
My uncle turn 65 recently and has never held a drivers licence, so I made him one complete with photo ID.
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- dighsx
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HAHAHA so you made it Perry, fantastic! That came out really cool looking. I'm sure you're uncle will get a kick out of it.
Take it easy.
Jay (www.cncjay.com)
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Hi stewbidasso.
No cutting these boards is actually quite nice. I found a dollar store that offered 10x16x 0.175" for $1.99CDN. I use my vacuum table to hold them in place. The roughing bit (0.250" ballmill) produces chips at 2.5 ips and router spinning about 16000 rpm.
I really do like this medium to do this kind of work on. I recommend giving it a go.
No cutting these boards is actually quite nice. I found a dollar store that offered 10x16x 0.175" for $1.99CDN. I use my vacuum table to hold them in place. The roughing bit (0.250" ballmill) produces chips at 2.5 ips and router spinning about 16000 rpm.
I really do like this medium to do this kind of work on. I recommend giving it a go.
Thanks for the info, I'll have to give this a try this weekend.
I love how we still call them dollar stores when they really don't have anything for just a dollar any more
What part of Ontario are you in (I didn't recognize the name). I used to live in Ottawa and Kanata and also all over Quebec (Montreal, Charney/Levi, Brossard, St. Lazar, etc... I also lived in Hull, about 5 minutes from King Edward Street for a few months too). I miss it, I went back with my wife in January for a vacation, it was great.
I love how we still call them dollar stores when they really don't have anything for just a dollar any more
What part of Ontario are you in (I didn't recognize the name). I used to live in Ottawa and Kanata and also all over Quebec (Montreal, Charney/Levi, Brossard, St. Lazar, etc... I also lived in Hull, about 5 minutes from King Edward Street for a few months too). I miss it, I went back with my wife in January for a vacation, it was great.
This is our first Litho, created for an auction benefitting a local childrens clinic. It will be interesting to see what kind of response it generates.
Question; How do you keep a piece of Glacier White Corian clean? Is there a protective coating we shoudl apply? Also a large piece of corian like this, (23 X30") seems rather fragile. I 'm considering how we can protect it, after all there's over 15 hours of machine time here.
I will post better pictures later.
Thanks for any suggestions,
Question; How do you keep a piece of Glacier White Corian clean? Is there a protective coating we shoudl apply? Also a large piece of corian like this, (23 X30") seems rather fragile. I 'm considering how we can protect it, after all there's over 15 hours of machine time here.
I will post better pictures later.
Thanks for any suggestions,
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- dighsx
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Looks good. How about a piece of plexglass in front of it? You could build thick picture type frame to hold the corain and the plexglass in place.
Take it easy.
Jay (www.cncjay.com)
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You can clean it with soap and water the same way you clean your counter in your kitchen....
I use dish soap and warm water...pat dry and keep it out of direct sunlight...
a frame will keep it straight but I have had a couple without a frame bow slightly...
I would never put anything in front of the image...to be able to feel a image is IMO the best thing about these...I encourage people to touch it....feel a picture gets alot of wows from folks
Chuck
I use dish soap and warm water...pat dry and keep it out of direct sunlight...
a frame will keep it straight but I have had a couple without a frame bow slightly...
I would never put anything in front of the image...to be able to feel a image is IMO the best thing about these...I encourage people to touch it....feel a picture gets alot of wows from folks
Chuck