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new user not sure where to start

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I got my shark sd110 with vcarve 10.5 a few weeks ago my plan is to take it to aphasia center volunteer to hold a little wood shop group for stroke survivors my wife being one. trying to build the 15 hole triangle game on a mabe 5 by 9 board with game on 1 side with triangle border 14 holes to store pins on other side and room in the middle for some text i just dont know how to start and cannot find the game i can copy and start any ideas?

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Post by scotttarnor »

This game in the image below? I also attached an image you could import for the layout, have you watched any of the Vectric videos yet?
You definitely want to watch those to get started
https://www.vectric.com/support/tutorials/vcarve-pro
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i guess i need to buy some golf tees then ill try to figure out how to size holes i watch videos when wife allows usaly go out to shop to cut when she is taking a nap
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Post by gkas »

There are templates in the Clipart called 2D Games. I have them in Aspire, and pretty sure they come with Vcarve. They are very nice vector images that are re-sizeable. I made a bunch last Christmas as little gifts for all the guys in the family. I used cheap golf tees and cut a little off the end. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07C9 ... UTF8&psc=1
They were a big hit.

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Peg Solitaire - Triangle

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Thanks i knew the file was in software i just couldnot find it

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My Version using Layer Associated ToolPaths
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Thats really nice. anyone see a video on sizing the holes

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well after this i got hole and depth figured out this is on a 2 by 5.5 by 8 no matter what font i use or setting i try iy comes out muddy and jumbled up any ideas what im doing wrong
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Post your crv file. It looks like you are cutting a single line font 'on the line'.

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Post by Adrian »

If you're still using the same font that you were in the first pictures then it looks like you've generated a v-carve toolpath but you've used an endmill for the actual cut instead.

As said though you really need to attach your VCarve (CRV) file so we can see how you've set things up.

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Post by martin54 »

There are a few different ways of using text to achieve the look you desire, you should also learn to use & trust the toolpath preview as it will save you wasted time & materials.
As others have said posting your crv file will help. by doing that people can see what you have done rather than you posting pictures & people guessing :lol: :lol: :lol:

There are a number of tutorials that cover the creation of text & the various tools that can to used to alter/change it :lol: :lol:

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Thank you all for the help i watch videos read when i can wife had a massave stroke 18 months ago cannot walk ,talk or use arm when not at work im helping her playing with this and running out to shop to cut when she is not needing me
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Post by Adrian »

There's no toolpath in that file for the text so no way to tell what you did wrong.

Looking at the other toolpaths I would guess that you used a ball nose/end mill bit with the v-carve toolpath which would give the sort of result you got. An actual v-bit would give you the result you're probably after for the text.

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If this is the look you are trying to for, take a look at the toolpaths and the bits I used.
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Post by kfosh »

that looks really nice how deep are the cuts i don't know how to see it i see what bits you used

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