Design and Make Carving help

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slsmallcraft
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Design and Make Carving help

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I'd like to work with some of the 3D Design and Make files. I use VCarve Pro and understand the basics of the roughing and finishing passes. What is a good combination of material (hardwood/softwood/composite) and tools? A big question I know, but I'm having trouble getting decent looking carves and am hoping for a starting point in terms of router bits and material.
Thanks! in advance....
Dan

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gkas
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Re: Design and Make Carving help

Post by gkas »

Why don't you post a photo and a crv file of your best effort, then we can take it from there. That's much easier than a tutorial on 3D carving...

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