Post by Deleted on Mar 5, 2017 13:52:25 GMT -8
I know most people on this board have had little if any luck with carving two pass projects, my one attempt last year was on a bowl shape and it came out reasonably - just requiring a little sanding to make it perfect. So today I decided to try another simple shape, two "boxes" that would be the inside of a box that I'm carving for the wedding rings for my daughters wedding. Picture below. I had a nice piece of cherry that I cut in half, and wanted to make this design .42" deep in one side. Since it was cherry, I figured two passes of .21 would be best to minimize the strain on the drill motor.
First pass went off without a hitch, and luckily I was near the machine when it reset for the second pass. I noticed that it had reset about 1/8" further down the Y axis than the first pass. Since it was basically carving air in the first passes, I was able to pause several times and reposition the wood along the y axis so I got it extremely close to the right position for carving the 2nd pass after about the 3rd reposition (did it all by eye ball). So then I let it finish the 2nd pass, and the end result was almost spot on except for a slight lip at the beginning of where the 2nd pass began. I was able to sand that out and got the end result that I wanted.
I was really surprised by the y axis being off so much, is that what other people see?
First pass went off without a hitch, and luckily I was near the machine when it reset for the second pass. I noticed that it had reset about 1/8" further down the Y axis than the first pass. Since it was basically carving air in the first passes, I was able to pause several times and reposition the wood along the y axis so I got it extremely close to the right position for carving the 2nd pass after about the 3rd reposition (did it all by eye ball). So then I let it finish the 2nd pass, and the end result was almost spot on except for a slight lip at the beginning of where the 2nd pass began. I was able to sand that out and got the end result that I wanted.
I was really surprised by the y axis being off so much, is that what other people see?
