Litho Cube

[Jon Forsman]

It's not enough to do one.
The framing material is 3/4 inch 1/4 round, plastic from Home Depot
If you stay with a square, all frameing parts remain the same...
Run time was between 7 and 16 hours per panel
Images are from Water Color artist David Miller of Portland OR.
I have three more cubes to make for other people, then I can get to Aspire.

Worksheet typical of the panels:

Project ID: Litho Cube - Panel 2
Gcode ID: Guy02.txt (Edit for Z-axis lift)
Media: Corian - White Media X: 6.000 Media Y: 6.000
Image: Guy02.jpg Image X: 5.400 Media Y: 3.663
Margin X: .300 Margin Y: .300
Offset X: 6.00-5.400/2 = .300
Offset Y: 6.00-3.663/2 = 1.168
Offset Z: Surface touchoff + .075

Endmill: 30 Degree 1/4 Centurion V-bit - aka - .030 Ballnose
Depth of Cut: .11
Line Spacing: 8% Nbr of lines: 2177 Step Over: .002 Angle: 90 Degrees
Invert: Yes Contrast: 0
Actual Run Time: 7:21

[Thkoutsidthebox]

....One word.....WOW!

[Phil]

Well done.

[js11110]

Very cool! I was thinking about doing this last year, but after walking around Home Depot for a hour couldn't find anything suitable for the frame. What dept. is it in?

Jason

[Jon Forsman]

The material is located with trim and molding material.

The plastic was the least expensive option at .54 cents per LF.

Manufacture web site is www.timbron.com

[fixtureman]

What did you use as your light source?

[Jon Forsman]

the new "standard" light bulb. Some seem to carry more yellow than white.

[calgrdnr]

Very nice Jon , thanks for sharing the info and vids

[wjfiles]

I did not see any ventilation, will heat from the bulb be a problem.

A Great job.

WJF

[Jon Forsman]

Heat doesn't seem to be a problem at this time.
It's been run 24x7 and I considered it warm to the touch.
Nothing that raised a warning flag to me.
Any size smaller than 6x6 would require a prototype for reviewing heat issues.

[ccrewz]

A great project! I am unsure how the cube goes together though.............

Thanks for a great example of how PhotoVcarve can validate it'sself in one job.

Keith