Making a lithophane using photo care

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Joe Duplessis
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Making a lithophane using photo care

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Would anyone have any information on how to do a set up to make a lithophane in cast plexiglass or corian. Looking for detailed set up instructions or a real good tutorial. I am new to this CNC carving and would appreciate any help that is available.

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Have you read this document: ->Machining Lithophanes
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There's also a tutorial video to go with the PDF at this location as well - http://support.vectric.com/training-mat ... hotovcarve

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Would not want to do a litho in plexi, actually would not make any sense, not to mention plexi can be and is difficult to machine without much trial & error.

Use the search function here, "litho", you could spend hours and hours browsing litho threads with all the info you need and a whole lot more.
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I would like to Thank You all for your replies. The information that you furnished was exactly what I was looking for. Now I will try making a lithophane and let you know how I made out.

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