Cooler than sliced Bread

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Penman wrote: PS. Where are you located?
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thickness of the plexiglass i used for the 3d one was .2 inches, got it from home depot i believe.
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Ok I had to give this a try also. Thanks to zeeway for the Jesus cross file.

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looking good. i need to get another color than red.
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buck4 wrote:The 9.5" flexible LED Strips ($11.50) and 2Amp AC Adaptors ($9.00) from http://www.oznium.com they have many colors and lengths to choose from. The LED's are wired in series of 3, meaning if the strip is to long, you have to cut off 3-6 etc
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Did you get the 2amp AC adaptor from oznium? The only one I see is $19.95...

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Hey Tim, hope all is well! I guess I miss quoted the price on the 2 amp adapter. Don't know where I got that price, SORRY!!! I did check a couple other places and that is a pretty average price. Just finishing the base for a Pub sign, for a local bar. Haven't drank in over 25 yrs.
Hope we can get together soon.........Buck

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I've been looking on ebay for some low cost strips and adapters, but have yet to find any seller with a site and email address to contact them..

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Just found this site that has these power supplies:

Input: 120VAC Output: 12VDC 6W 0.5A Cost: $10.95

Input: 120VAC Output: 12VDC 24W 2.0A Cost 14.95

LED strip prices seem to be more than what Onzium offers though :(
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Hi All, Just finished a couple more, another Last Supper for a spericl friend, and this Pub sign.
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buck4 wrote:OK Greg, I just had to try your advice on not using the flameing, so this morning I another one with just v-carving. And you were right the complete profile lit up. Next is to try a 3-D carving like the dragon, etc.................Buck Hey Tim, you'll like this one!
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If you don't mind sharing, where did you locate the Harley sign image you cut or was it a design of your own?

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I see a lot of recommendations when cutting plexi to use really high RPM's - any reason for this? wouldn't slower be better to keep from melting it? Like maybe 10-12k? Just curious, because I'm getting ready to try my first one! I'm referring to a simple V-Carve - maybe 12k @ 3ips? Any help would be appreciated, as I don't really want to waste my piece of material :)

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shallow cuts are what i use, at slower rpm, fast IPM
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I'm trying a quick test with .25" plexi V-Carving to a depth of .125 - any recommendations on feed/speed, and should that be OK in a single pass?

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Hi Ron, on the Pub sign when doing the v-carving, I ran at approx 12 K rpm, .060" per pass, and 40 ipm. Using a 90 deg v-bit.
I did notice that when I used a 22 deg v-bit, i did get some melting, so I just ran the tool path again and it cleaned real nice.

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Thanks for all the input, guys! I'm going to go out and try it, now. I'll post the results, shortly!

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