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- Sat Apr 09, 2016 3:57 am
- Forum: Aspire - Tips and Tricks
- Topic: Manipulating the Bears in the Forest portrait
- Replies: 17
- Views: 12911
Re: Manipulating the Bears in the Forest portrait
Did the bears a couple of years ago, wanted a big one for my own wall for a long time so used 4inch cedar and cut it 4ftx6ft in size, was a long cut non stop, 109 hours using a 1/8 bit.
- Thu Apr 07, 2016 7:19 pm
- Forum: Control Software related questions
- Topic: Program too big for Mach3
- Replies: 13
- Views: 10916
Re: Program too big for Mach3
Leo, I have done some big cuts full table and never run into it, I have played with tool paths that wouldn't complete with ultra small tip size.
- Thu Apr 07, 2016 4:36 am
- Forum: Control Software related questions
- Topic: Program too big for Mach3
- Replies: 13
- Views: 10916
Re: Program too big for Mach3
Leo I am so curious as to what you are cutting... and your bit size ?
- Thu Apr 07, 2016 4:30 am
- Forum: Aspire - General
- Topic: Carved door with wildlife scene
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5714
Re: Carved door with wildlife scene
Nice stuff AJF, no questions as I use pretty much the same methods.
- Mon Feb 22, 2016 7:55 pm
- Forum: Aspire - Gallery
- Topic: Urn for a friend.
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3069
Re: Urn for a friend.
Thanks for the comment, its slow growing cedar..
- Mon Feb 22, 2016 8:03 am
- Forum: Aspire - Gallery
- Topic: Urn for a friend.
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3069
Urn for a friend.
For a friend his wife requested the graphic.
- Wed Aug 05, 2015 7:17 pm
- Forum: Aspire - Gallery
- Topic: medieval woodwork
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5910
Re: medieval woodwork
Good stuff Michael, I have some interest in this area also.
- Sun Jun 14, 2015 10:45 pm
- Forum: Aspire - Gallery
- Topic: blue pine carvings
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7061
Re: blue pine carvings
Well the reason for 2 was to see how much diff. there was with the step over, one was done at 10% the other at 14% and the only diff is a teeny bit of breakout at 14% otherwise I can;t see any diff. one took 9 hours the other just about 13 hours I just did the finish pass with a very slow start to g...
- Sun Jun 14, 2015 6:29 pm
- Forum: Aspire - Gallery
- Topic: blue pine carvings
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7061
Re: blue pine carvings
Thanks Leo, Cowboy I love the oldish look of that wood, I would guess a little sun bleaching would make it a 100 years old quite quick, like old wanted posters,,
- Sun Jun 14, 2015 1:52 am
- Forum: Aspire - Gallery
- Topic: blue pine carvings
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7061
Re: blue pine carvings
Hey Cowboy, think Ive run across you a few times, yes softwoods can be agrivating for breakout and the fuzzies, but this northern slow growth jack pine
seems not that bad.
seems not that bad.
- Sat Jun 13, 2015 10:45 pm
- Forum: Aspire - Gallery
- Topic: Urn for friend
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4069
Re: Urn for friend
Thanks fella's.
- Sat Jun 13, 2015 4:16 am
- Forum: Aspire - Gallery
- Topic: Urn for friend
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4069
Urn for friend
Made this urn for a close friend.
- Fri Jun 12, 2015 10:48 pm
- Forum: Aspire - Gallery
- Topic: blue pine carvings
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7061
blue pine carvings
A couple of test runs, going to do a series with different critters for cabinet doors.
- Fri Jan 23, 2015 4:10 am
- Forum: Aspire - Gallery
- Topic: The Bears
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3449
Re: The Bears
The dust collection system was over whelmed very quickly, running a 3/4 2.5 long 1/2 inch shanked bit doing the 3 roughing passes, 3/4 inch passes. I ended up using a big floor brush to rake the chips from the table, as there was a rooster tail coming from the bit in one direction. I left the dust c...
- Thu Jan 22, 2015 10:03 pm
- Forum: Aspire - Gallery
- Topic: The Bears
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3449
The Bears
Size 48 x 72 depth 2.0 material = 3inch Cedar roughing passes + 7 hours
Finishing pass + 77.73 hours
Customer said lets go for it, as Gene would say...BOOM.
Finishing pass + 77.73 hours
Customer said lets go for it, as Gene would say...BOOM.