Playing with fire...wood.
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Playing with fire...wood.
A couple years ago, a friend gave me some firewood for projects. I sliced the log into 1" thick slabs, and let them dry. Now it's been two years and time to play with firewood.
This is an attempt to turn a slab into a bowl by using the fluting toolpath (one of my favorites).
This is the result: Bob
This is an attempt to turn a slab into a bowl by using the fluting toolpath (one of my favorites).
This is the result: Bob
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Re: Playing with fire...wood.
Beautiful wood piece. I actually see a dogs face in the bowl.
Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for sharing.
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Re: Playing with fire...wood.
NICE Bob:)
Came out beautiful!
Can you post a screenshot of the vectors and how many toolpaths?
I think I remember something like that, but forget the thread.
Thanks,
scott
Came out beautiful!
Can you post a screenshot of the vectors and how many toolpaths?
I think I remember something like that, but forget the thread.
Thanks,
scott
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Re: Playing with fire...wood.
Thanks Scott. I'll post the complete set of directions after I have written them up for a CNC group I play with. But, here is the screen shot for now:
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Re: Playing with fire...wood.
Thanks Dwayne,dwilli9013 wrote:Beautiful wood piece. I actually see a dogs face in the bowl.
Thanks for sharing.
I'm still looking for that dog...
Bob
...How about a bunny rabbit?
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Re: Playing with fire...wood.
Ha I also see that. Tilt your head a little to the left and squint your eyes a bit. Looks like a very weary rotty or pit. In that same position change focus to lower left the whole profile looks like a cat sniffing at something on the ground. ( never mind me I do this with clouds all the time )Bob Jr wrote:Thanks Dwayne,dwilli9013 wrote:Beautiful wood piece. I actually see a dogs face in the bowl.
Thanks for sharing.
I'm still looking for that dog...
Bob
...How about a bunny rabbit?
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Re: Playing with fire...wood.
Ah, a single, but trimmed vectors:)
Grain makes it look like a couple of different ones, overlapping:)
Thanks Bob!
Grain makes it look like a couple of different ones, overlapping:)
Thanks Bob!
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Re: Playing with fire...wood.
There are 300 vectors that cross at the center. I used the circular copy tool for that one. Then trimmed to the selected boundary. The most important step when creating toolpaths, is to locate the first flute and limit the pass depth. The rest go full depth in one pass.scottp55 wrote:Ah, a single, but trimmed vectors:)
Grain makes it look like a couple of different ones, overlapping:)
Thanks Bob!
It will take me a while to complete the steps for the lesson while I test cut a few more firewood pieces. Then I'll branch out.
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Re: Playing with fire...wood.
Beautiful.
Firewood is tough though.
Every piece of firewood I through in the wood-stove could live a more glorious life, BUT, I do need to heat the house too.
Firewood is tough though.
Every piece of firewood I through in the wood-stove could live a more glorious life, BUT, I do need to heat the house too.
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Re: Playing with fire...wood.
Thanks Bob:)
Be interested in how you scaled the picture exactly once it was in VCP.
(I only THINK I know how:)
Yeah Leo...But I rescue a few pieces of Curly/burl/and Birdseye from peoples piles every year or so
Fly fishing camp Dad and I go to every year, has a guide who's a wood carver, and he mentioned they cut and split an entire Birdseye tree, and mentioned I should snag some:) Drying now.
The price is right:)
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Be interested in how you scaled the picture exactly once it was in VCP.
(I only THINK I know how:)
Yeah Leo...But I rescue a few pieces of Curly/burl/and Birdseye from peoples piles every year or so
Fly fishing camp Dad and I go to every year, has a guide who's a wood carver, and he mentioned they cut and split an entire Birdseye tree, and mentioned I should snag some:) Drying now.
The price is right:)
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Re: Playing with fire...wood.
Scott,scottp55 wrote:Thanks Bob:)
Be interested in how you scaled the picture exactly once it was in VCP.
(I only THINK I know how:)
Yeah Leo...But I rescue a few pieces of Curly/burl/and Birdseye from peoples piles every year or so
Fly fishing camp Dad and I go to every year, has a guide who's a wood carver, and he mentioned they cut and split an entire Birdseye tree, and mentioned I should snag some:) Drying now.
The price is right:)
scott
I use my flatbed scanner to scan the slab. It turns out the exact size...so far.
I have also taken a picture and resized it by dragging the handles on the corners of the picture after importing it into VCarve Pro. I use the measuring tool to check the size.
There are probably smarter ways to size a jpeg exactly, but drag and measure has worked for me. I like scanning the object directly, better.
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Re: Playing with fire...wood.
Looks good to me Bob, clever idea using the flatbed scanner if what you are scanning fits
Scott, if you place something of known length in the picture when you take it then it makes resizing much easier. Try to use something that has easily defined edges & is a contrasting colour to the background colour. Make it as large as you can in comparison to the object you are photographing as this will help with accuracy
Once you have your picture imported simply draw a rectangle the full size length of the bit you added & then enlarge your picture until it's the same length as the vector
Scott, if you place something of known length in the picture when you take it then it makes resizing much easier. Try to use something that has easily defined edges & is a contrasting colour to the background colour. Make it as large as you can in comparison to the object you are photographing as this will help with accuracy
Once you have your picture imported simply draw a rectangle the full size length of the bit you added & then enlarge your picture until it's the same length as the vector
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Re: Playing with fire...wood.
Thanks Martin!
Hadn't thought of "as large as possible", but it makes sense:)
scott
Hadn't thought of "as large as possible", but it makes sense:)
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Re: Playing with fire...wood.
A ruler is a very good item to be included when photographing or flatbed scanning items you wish to reproduce. Sometimes, I'll include two rulers (one horizontal, the other vertical).martin54 wrote:Looks good to me Bob, clever idea using the flatbed scanner if what you are scanning fits
Scott, if you place something of known length in the picture when you take it then it makes resizing much easier. Try to use something that has easily defined edges & is a contrasting colour to the background colour. Make it as large as you can in comparison to the object you are photographing as this will help with accuracy
Once you have your picture imported simply draw a rectangle the full size length of the bit you added & then enlarge your picture until it's the same length as the vector
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Re: Playing with fire...wood.
A ruler is a very good item to be included when photographing or flatbed scanning items you wish to reproduce. Sometimes, I'll include two rulers (one horizontal, the other vertical).
Yes Michael it can be but the type of ruler you use needs to be taken into account, clear plastic rulers don't work that well but the sort you have in the picture work quite well, sometimes all you need is a sheet of paper to lay the object on top of. That gives a solid colour background & it is easy to scale up to the correct size.
I have a 2 metre length that I use for photographing shop fronts that works very well plus my signmaking software has a couple of features that make scaling up & rotating pictures very easy
Yes Michael it can be but the type of ruler you use needs to be taken into account, clear plastic rulers don't work that well but the sort you have in the picture work quite well, sometimes all you need is a sheet of paper to lay the object on top of. That gives a solid colour background & it is easy to scale up to the correct size.
I have a 2 metre length that I use for photographing shop fronts that works very well plus my signmaking software has a couple of features that make scaling up & rotating pictures very easy