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by Impact Image
Sun Feb 14, 2016 4:04 am
Forum: Aspire - General
Topic: Tapered tools in the tool database
Replies: 15
Views: 6963

Re: Tapered tools in the tool database

^^^^^^^^^^^^^What he said!!!!^^^^^^^^^^^^^
by Impact Image
Sat Feb 13, 2016 4:29 pm
Forum: Aspire - General
Topic: Tapered tools in the tool database
Replies: 15
Views: 6963

Re: Tapered tools in the tool database

Could you make one final inside pass with a single flute 1/8" bit?

And I can send you the tool for the database if you want. Email me at impactimagegroup@gmail.com if you need it.
by Impact Image
Sat Feb 13, 2016 3:22 pm
Forum: Aspire - General
Topic: Tapered tools in the tool database
Replies: 15
Views: 6963

Re: Tapered tools in the tool database

I just went through the same thing. I fixed it by redrawing that exact bit as a form tool. I don't think you'll be able to get that square edge with that bit.
by Impact Image
Sat Feb 13, 2016 3:12 pm
Forum: VCarve - General
Topic: Cutting vinyl records on CNC
Replies: 8
Views: 9130

Re: Cutting vinyl records on CNC

The drag knife won't do it.

I'd treat it like acrylic.
by Impact Image
Fri Jan 22, 2016 3:45 am
Forum: Aspire - Gallery
Topic: The last thing I built is the first thing I should've built
Replies: 7
Views: 7058

The last thing I built is the first thing I should've built

So I got tired of a 3 x 8 work table that I could never work on because it became the resting place for all the sh!t I use around the shop. I also got tired of walking 60 feet to find the tool I needed. I got some inspiration from Adam Savage (of Mythbusters) and a video he put up touring his "cave"...
by Impact Image
Fri Jan 15, 2016 6:23 pm
Forum: Aspire - Gallery
Topic: If you aren't slicing....
Replies: 5
Views: 3517

Re: If you aren't slicing....

Great job. I'll have to visit Charleston to see it at the restaurant and have a great meal while I'm there. Dan it will hang inside of the Oyster House on Market. I did their exterior sign as well. I curfed the plywood backer to give the appearance of beaded T&G slats. The client wanted a heavy glo...
by Impact Image
Fri Jan 15, 2016 3:28 pm
Forum: Aspire - Gallery
Topic: If you aren't slicing....
Replies: 5
Views: 3517

If you aren't slicing....

....then you are missing out on a POWERFUL weapon! I was commissioned/challenged by one of my favorite customers to make a 48" tall, brass oyster to decorate his new seafood restaurant in downtown Charleston. I glued up two sheet of .75" styrofoam sheeting (insulation) with 3M spray adhesive and had...
by Impact Image
Wed Dec 16, 2015 6:38 pm
Forum: Aspire - General
Topic: How hard can it be to create half a skinny donut???
Replies: 5
Views: 2894

Re: How hard can it be to create half a skinny donut???

You guys rock.


Now I get to update Aspire so I can look at them. :)
by Impact Image
Wed Dec 16, 2015 6:00 pm
Forum: Aspire - General
Topic: How hard can it be to create half a skinny donut???
Replies: 5
Views: 2894

How hard can it be to create half a skinny donut???

Pretty hard apparently. I designed a simple scroll pattern to decorate the top of a sign before I figured out if I could model it or not. I'm trying to create what would look like 9 skinny donuts stacked side by side...on end. They would get gradually smaller from the center out. (I don't even know ...
by Impact Image
Thu Feb 26, 2015 4:04 pm
Forum: Aspire - General
Topic: Aspire V8.0 released for existing Aspire Customers
Replies: 103
Views: 57189

Re: Aspire V8.0 released for existing Aspire Customers

I've downloaded the Setup file but can't seem to get it to start.

What am I missing?
by Impact Image
Thu Oct 02, 2014 9:49 pm
Forum: Aspire - Gallery
Topic: Simple little serving tray
Replies: 6
Views: 4494

Simple little serving tray

The wife and I are attending a wedding this weekend so guess who got to make the gift. I used up the last of my cypress flooring on this one. Pretty simple cuts but had a hell of a time with machining marks from the planing bit. I screwed up and ran a pass 90 degrees to the damn grain.There's a few ...
by Impact Image
Tue Sep 23, 2014 10:42 pm
Forum: Aspire - Gallery
Topic: Arrrgh matey's
Replies: 16
Views: 14006

Re: Arrrgh matey's

I would appreciate your help to understand lighting of the ENTRANCE sign. Where does the white light come from? My first thought is the letters that show in white are cut on the front side of the acrylic and are illuminated from the house spotlights. The red leds then provide back light, not edge l...
by Impact Image
Wed Jul 16, 2014 3:38 pm
Forum: VCarve - General
Topic: Simple Question I Can't Seem To Answer
Replies: 6
Views: 3014

Re: Simple Question I Can't Seem To Answer

My initial thought is that you could use a bull nose bit on an appropriately offset vector inside your pocket.
by Impact Image
Wed Jul 16, 2014 12:51 am
Forum: Aspire - Gallery
Topic: Arrrgh matey's
Replies: 16
Views: 14006

Re: Arrrgh matey's

I use http://www.superbrightleds.com/. I'm sure I pay a little more than I would elsewhere but there stuff has been very reliable. Lots of different power options, from solder-on leads to wire nut connections. The round sign above used a solder-on pigtail with a barrel connector that plugged into a ...
by Impact Image
Tue Jul 15, 2014 9:08 pm
Forum: Aspire - Gallery
Topic: Arrrgh matey's
Replies: 16
Views: 14006

Re: Arrrgh matey's

The "white" is etched with a diamond engraving bit.