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We've all seen the spartan/gladiator knife holder. I don't need a knife holder but I could use pencil holder. I scaled the original vectors https://www.instructables.com/Knife-Block/ to ~75%, added some body to the spartan and his head dress, and added a dragon from Vectric's clip art collection to ...

That's really cute! (Live one is too.) Looks like maybe you snagged it from the Keizer.
Finishing is awsome.... Maybe add some steel shot in it's belly and you can convince folks that it's bronze.

--Rich Farwell

Really liked this sign when I saw it. Aspire made it easy to give it some "body".
The Shovel is from Vectric's free clip art. Painting was the hardest part; with a couple of mess-ups where my masking didn't stay down. (Masking is 65lb card stock cut on a Silhouette brand vinyl cutter.)

RickW3DS wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 15, 2023 9:10 pm

LOL yep, gSender is stupid simple, that's why I use it.

You're giving me confidence! Maybe I'll try it first.

Thanks all for your responses. I have downloaded UGS and will try it when I'm next in the Makerspace.
I may try gSender too. to see if it's easier/simpler to use. (I really need something that is "stupid simple".)

--Rich Farwell

Can you change the initial orientation when you import the file? (Your file did not seem to have anything in it.)

Our Makerspace was just given a small Xcarve CNC. It's intended to run on proprietary on line software called Easel. Vectric's Vcarve Pro has a post processor that can create the proper G-code for the Easel software, but I'd like to avoid Easel all together. Our "big" CNC uses Mach3. connected throu...

RebeccaJ wrote: ↑

Mon Nov 14, 2022 11:11 am

Wow that is beautiful! Thank you for sharing that

The designer deserves all the credit. (And maybe a little goes to the "giving tree".)

jfederer wrote: ↑

Mon Sep 05, 2022 11:17 pm

Fortunately, Beki came to the rescue!

Beki's the best! I too just posted her tray. (Probably have to create a separate category for her tray.)
Was the Ash a figured or curly Ash? Your tray looks really nice.

Very nice design. Mid-century modern or Scandinavian influences -- then I look and see where you're from
I had the great fortune to study with Jim Krenov in the early eighties in Northern California.

I had a piece of walnut burl I scrounged at our local makerspace that was just about the right size for Beki's trinket tray. After cutting it out, I realized I should have changed it around so I could leave the raw edge of the burl intact. (Though there was some bark intrusion that probably would ha...

AngelicDiablo wrote: ↑

Sun Oct 02, 2022 10:02 pm

RickW3DS wrote: ↑

Sun Oct 02, 2022 8:04 pm

Yep, that looks great. Bet you can't make just one...

Nope, I ended up making 25 total.

Ain't CNCs nice?

That's nice. Much spookier paint job than mine. I teach a CNC class at our local makerspace so used VCarve Pro Makerspace Edition. And posted images over on the VCarve forum.

'Tis the season, and I'm getting all these Jack o lantern feeds on you tube. I think they're terrible, so I figured I would do it right :D Of course, having a CNC really helps. I "teach" the CNC at our local makerspace so I set up the file for that purpose. We use Vectric's VCarve Pro - Makerspace e...

Well, I lied. The witness lines were gone in the preview, but they showed up in the actual carving. I'm going to guess it has something to do with my $10 touch plate + the small diameter of the 0.5mm tbn. I don't think the wood is moving after cutting one side, as this is a two sided job and there a...