Alphabet blocks

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dtorney
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Alphabet blocks

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There seemed no shortcuts. I couldn’t readily make letters have uniform spacing, so I made 38 blocks and engraved their 228 faces. I used milk paint in the letters.
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38 blocks, 228 engraving tool paths

gad5264
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Very cool project.
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Bobtail Farm
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Alphabet blocks

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+1

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scottp55
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Re: Alphabet blocks

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Having done 35 blocks carved on 4 sides with name/alphabet/and 2 words for that letter...
My hat is Off to you!! :)
(IF there is ever a next time, I'm buying pre-radiused/presanded blocks!!:)
Well Done!
scott
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tomgardiner
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Re: Alphabet blocks

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I'm stumped, what are the character families you have engraved?

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Rcnewcomb
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Re: Alphabet blocks

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The black letters are Hebrew.
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adze_cnc
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Re: Alphabet blocks

Post by adze_cnc »

Perhaps the post title should have been: Aleph Bet blocks :D

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