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Post by FatPoppy on Jan 11, 2018 10:13:56 GMT -8
Really looks nice Bob. First class work as always. Love the wood and the finish. Maple/Lacquer? My #1 choice now.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2018 12:36:35 GMT -8
FatPoppy, You got it right Maple/lacquer. Back in December was the last time it was warm enough to warrant using the heater in the shop, it would take 1/2 a day to warm it up when it's 0-15 degrees.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2018 5:33:48 GMT -8
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2018 5:34:24 GMT -8
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Post by Deleted on Nov 9, 2018 18:09:18 GMT -8
Bob, really nice work. You are doing these on the lathe now instead of the machine that cut sections out and then had the bowl glued together? I take it you're using some exotic woods to get the effects rather than creative staining? Wish I had your expertise.
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Post by FatPoppy on Nov 10, 2018 7:14:45 GMT -8
Wow Bob, first class as usual. Really looks nice.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 14, 2018 6:13:27 GMT -8
Thanks guys, Rick yes these are all lathe work, I sold the other machine for sectioned bowls when I bought a regular lathe. No exotic woods in those items just some nice grain figure Cherry, Walnut and Maple. The platter style bowls were done by spinning out different colors of acrylic paint which I then coated with clear casting resin.
On another note, here is a real time consumer. My wife requested that I build her a coffee bar with shelving above it and this is what I came up with. About a month in the making.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 21, 2018 14:38:22 GMT -8
Bob, I've also been doing a lot of work in non-Intellicarve world, built myself a new desk for my office, a couch table for my beer watching football days, etc. Last weekend I did use the carver on a project, my daughter-in-law asked for a mailbox for letters to Santa. My granddaughter (5) scribbles on paper and those are her letters to santa. Of course they can't be thrown away. So her idea was that the mailbox collects the letters every day, and then Santa's elves come by at night to take them to the north pole. They wanted to decorate it themselves, so the carving (tough to read) says Letters to Santa.   |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2018 15:28:46 GMT -8
Rick, nice desk / table and "Santa's " mailbox. The table looks like it might have a bit of quilted grain in the lighter wood.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2019 5:39:22 GMT -8
My machine is now approaching it's 7th year of use and I just used it to carve a wedding plaque for my step daughter and her future husband. The plaque will end up being 9 X 13 inches. I used a scan step of 0.15 mm and carved on slow speed and ended up with a near perfect carve. The actual carve time was a whopping 22 1/2 hrs and I am happy as hell that the machine could do it without having a problem. No finish on this piece yet: Here is the plaque cut out and finished: 
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2019 5:44:41 GMT -8
I also made some ring boxes on the lathe for their ceremony and used the carving machine to make the wedding ring design. I carved the rings at 4.0 mm thick and cut them out with the bandsaw, epoxy glued to the top.Sized the center post to their ring size so the rings would not move around 
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2019 16:05:14 GMT -8
Congrats on the upcoming wedding, I did something similar when my daughter got married two years ago, a single ring box with two padded compartments, that the ring bearer carried. I made it out of cherry, then put it under a plant lamp for two weeks (winter sunlight being hard to come by) and got a really nice cherry color out of it when finished. It's amazing that you've gotten 7 years out of the machine, when so many others had so many problems. Mine is about 6.5 years old, but I haven't used it much lately since other wood projects are keeping me busy.
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Post by Deleted on May 6, 2019 14:23:43 GMT -8
Used the 1013 for the first time in about six months, other than having to buy a new bit the machine ran like a charm from the first cut. First job was two new nameplates for my granddaughters bedrooms, they moved into a new house.  Second job was one of the "god I'm stupid" moments. I've tried cutting out letters/signs on the scroll saw before and was always unhappy with the results. This time I outlined the letters with the 1013, then used the cuts as my guide line for the scroll saw. Results were what I'd always wanted in the past. My DIL manages a dental office, and wanted three shelf filler: Floss, Rinse, Brush. Attachments:
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2019 17:30:42 GMT -8
I decided to try some 1013 work to incorporate into bowl making and here are the first 2 efforts: 
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