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Post by alexnc on Dec 21, 2015 9:18:52 GMT -8
First off I'm new to using the 1015. I'm trying to make a sign and I only want the text engraved (black text with a white background). It's cutting out the whole area including the white background. How do i set it so it only cuts the text and not the white background too?
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Alex
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Post by alexnc on Dec 21, 2015 11:44:48 GMT -8
and also where is a good place to buy replacement conicals?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2015 14:49:24 GMT -8
First off I'm new to using the 1015. I'm trying to make a sign and I only want the text engraved (black text with a white background). It's cutting out the whole area including the white background. How do i set it so it only cuts the text and not the white background too? Thanks Alex When doing the manual jog to set your origin, set your Z depth so that it is appx .5 to .75 mm above the wood. You should carve only your black text that way, you might want to increase the depth of cut in I Picture to compensate for starting out above the wood. Make sure to add some blur to your lettering when you design the project, so you are not simply carving straight up and down otherwise your lettering could chip out somewhere which pretty much ruins the project. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2015 14:58:14 GMT -8
and also where is a good place to buy replacement conicals? Bits are available from Oliver machinery, Busy Bee tools (Canada) and Tools Today. You can also order from Woodcraft supply, however they simply order and ship them from Oliver which costs more and takes longer. |
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Post by alexnc on Dec 21, 2015 16:29:13 GMT -8
First off I'm new to using the 1015. I'm trying to make a sign and I only want the text engraved (black text with a white background). It's cutting out the whole area including the white background. How do i set it so it only cuts the text and not the white background too? Thanks Alex When doing the manual jog to set your origin, set your Z depth so that it is appx .5 to .75 mm above the wood. You should carve only your black text that way, you might want to increase the depth of cut in I Picture to compensate for starting out above the wood. Make sure to add some blur to your lettering when you design the project, so you are not simply carving straight up and down otherwise your lettering could chip out somewhere which pretty much ruins the project. Thanks for the tip! I'll do that from now. And yes I ran into the chipping issue and made the image even more high res, which made the chipping worse, so I'll try the blurring. Thanks Alex |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 22, 2015 4:28:25 GMT -8
guassian blur works well, it gives you some rounding and helps especially helps in avoiding the chipping inside of small letters. However, you'll need to play with what font gives you the best results, I like Ariel Round myself for larger projects, Harlow does well with carving but I think that font is a little hard to read.
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Post by alexnc on Dec 22, 2015 14:33:51 GMT -8
guassian blur works well, it gives you some rounding and helps especially helps in avoiding the chipping inside of small letters. However, you'll need to play with what font gives you the best results, I like Ariel Round myself for larger projects, Harlow does well with carving but I think that font is a little hard to read. Thanks! I spent the last 3 years laser engraving and wanted to explore CNC. I'm going to be picking your folks brains a lot because laser and CNC milling are almost opposite of each other. Is there there a way to estimate how long a job will take? I thought I saw in one of the videos that either IPicture or ArtCam calculated job times, but cant remember. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 23, 2015 16:51:50 GMT -8
Time is pretty dependent upon how detailed your carving is, how large the piece is, and what speed you set the machine to. I've done pieces in a hour (13 inches tall piece of wood, 9 carved lines of text); and I did a last supper piece that took 24 hours. Many of my pieces take between 8 - 12 hours, I make sure that the machine is running first thing in the morning so it normally ends before I go to sleep. There have been many times when I went to bed while it was running, and I turned it off when I got up the next morning.
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