1st Try at Firemans Shield

[Bacwudz Kustumz]

Here's my 1st try at the Firemans Shield... Still gotta work on my sanding but not to bad considering it was cut outta pine.

[zeeway]

That really looks good. Very clean cuts, which is tough in pine. Also good finishing job - is that shellac or some other clear sealer?

Angie

[David Warkentin]

That does look good. Are the flat looking areas on the shield flat so you can vcarve names into them?

[Bacwudz Kustumz]

Thanks guys, Its just a spray on poly-stain finish that I rubbed with a greenie weenie to add some depth to the color. I havnt figured out how to carve in the flat areas of the shield yet but I'm working on it. I was actually gonna toss out a question on how to do that with vcarve or cut3D software.

[COWBOY1296]

I am not sure if this addresses your question or not. Also i am using aspire 3.5 and cant remember the differance in the software.

There maybe better ways, but the way i did it was to draw a circle that looked as if it were centered in the flat areas. Then I created text on a curved line.

[Bob Reda]

With aspire you can project toolpath onto 3d model. I don't know if that is available with v carve or cut 3d. With vcarve I would find the depth of the banner and start the cut at that depth. not sure on cut 3d

Bob

[Bacwudz Kustumz]

That was what I was going to try it says I can inport vectors from cut3d into vcarve but when I've tried it it doesnt work

[PRO4824]

That's the nicest pine I've ever seen!!

[NewAtThis]

Perhaps you could use the original design file, but set up the v-carvings on the design vectors used for those areas you want to carve, if you want to do it post-production? The problem with this option would be ensuring everything is aligned properly, so it might be better to incorporate v-carving the text with each badge you're going to cut, i.e. don't keep a stock of badges to v-carve at a later date.