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woody53
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Project of the month

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Michaels Yummy cake pedestal hot off the machine. Thank you Michael for all the monthly projects , I do a lot of them. This one I made of Aspen , $15 bucks from Menards, so I didn't have to glue anything up. I know I will make at least 4 of these, for some ladies I know will Love them. Thanks again Michael.

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Beautiful job, Dave! The Aspen really looks like nice wood to work with. Thank you for sharing your photo!

I'm very happy to hear you are enjoying the monthly projects!
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Here's our rendition of the Michael Tyler's Cake Pedestal.

I didn't know that a VCarve toolpath could be cut with a ballnose bit! I'm really happy to have learned that, and now will keep it in mind for future projects.

I made a few slight changes, one of which was to use the measure tool to "model a cross-section," and then use the resulting vector to cut the curved parts on the base with a moulding toolpath instead of the 3D toolpath. It created the same shape in a little less time, and the fluting toolpath can still be projected onto the 3D model for the same result.

Thanks not only for a great project that's both beautiful and functional, but also for teaching me some great techniques in your examples!
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Thank you for your report, Andy! Good tip for using the Moulding Toolpath and is a good learning example as well!

Your Yummy Cake Pedestal looks great!
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